# 'Twixt France and Spain; Or, A Spring in the Pyrenees Author: Bilbrough, E. Ernest Genre: Category: Travel Writing Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10403 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=%27Twixt+France+and+Spain%3B+Or%2C+A+Spring+in+the+Pyrenees+Bilbrough&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Trains and steamers--Bordeaux and its hotels--Lamothe --Morcenx--Dax--Puyoo--Orthez--First impressions of Pau--The hotels and pensions--Amusements--Pension Colbert--Making up parties for the Pyrenees--The Place Royale and the view--The castle of Pau and its approaches--Origin of name--Historical notes--The towers--Visiting hours--The tapestries--The wonderful bedstead--The delusive tortoiseshell cradle--The "Tour de la Monnaie"--The park--The Billères plains--Tennis and golf--The Route de Billères and the Billères woods--French _sportsmen_--Hunting--Racing--Lescar and its old cathedral--Fontaine de Marnières--The bands--The Parc Beaumont --Ballooning--The Casino--Polo--The cemetery--The c... ## Chapters - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/27/index.md) - [Chapter 36](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/36/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/28/index.md) - [Chapter 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/31/index.md) - [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/25/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/29/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/26/index.md) - [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/24/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/30/index.md) - [Chapter 34](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/34/index.md) - [Chapter 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/32/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 35](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/35/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 33](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/33/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/twixt-france-and-spain-or-a-spring-in-the-pyrenees-10403/chapters/3/index.md)