The rocky labyrinth of the famous site of the Organs of Ille-sur-Têt in the Pyrenees Orientales was able to reopen to the public on the occasion of the Easter weekend. Closed for almost 2 years because of the covid, tourists and locals were delighted to be able to visit the site again in its entirety.
After two years of closure due to the health crisis, the rocky labyrinth of the Organs of Ille-sur-Têt, a 30-minute drive from Perpignan, was able to reopen.
Visitors can once again wander between the clear rock cliffs. Erosion has shaped a unique, almost lunar landscape, which seduces visitors.
The site is protected since 1981, classified among the list “ natural monuments and sites of an artistic, historical, scientific, legendary or picturesque nature. »
The heat of the Easter weekend benefited the reception of visitors to the Orgues site. Michel is like a child. He rediscovers this place he loves so much: “There I again have shivers of love, of my youth. It’s really something very very beautiful, frankly it’s a magnificent paradise, something extremely incredible.”
This visitor wanted to show his companion this trail of a fifteen meters in the heart of the clay and sand cliffs. It’s flawless, Jacqueline is under the spell.
I am amazed by this grandiose site. My imagination works, this labyrinth is very pleasant, I did not know it at all.
Jaqueline, tourist
The most beautiful part of the Catalan Wild West
If most of the site reopened after the confinements, the labyrinth had to remain closed since it is narrow and mixes a lot of people. But for the past few days, the staff have once again been able to unveil the most beautiful part of the Catalan Wild West.
There you enter a ravine. You are inside, close to matter, you are in a small bubble with a great panorama: the great organs, the hills, the Canigou in the background.
Kevin Goubern, site guide of the Organs of Ille-Sur-Tet
Leaving the labyrinth, the show continues: these gigantic sandy columns at the foot of the Canigou are the fairy chimneys. They measure between 10 and 12 meters and have been sculpted by erosion, in sediments 5 million years old.
The beauty of this arid landscape is ephemeral: in a few hundred years the fairy chimneys will have disappeared, carried away by the rain and the wind.
Visiting the Organs costs €5 for adults, €4 reduced price and €3.50 for 10-13 year olds.
