MONTREJEAU.--A town standing on an eminence above the river in the Haute-Garonne, junction for Luchon from the Pau-Toulouse line.
Hotels.--Leclair (fine situation); Pouget, well-known; &c.
Buffet at the station. Refer to Chapter XI. for further information.
MORCENZ.--A town in the "Landes" district, 68 miles from Bordeaux, and junction for the Tarbes-Bigorre line. There is a small bathing establishment in the town, supplied by a cold chalybeate spring; and a quarry of lithographic stone in the neighbourhood.
NAY.--An ancient village in the Basses-Pyrénées, on the left bank of the Gave de Pau. Station, Coarraze-Nay, on the line from Pau to Lourdes; 10-1/2 miles from the former and 14 from the latter. Tanneries, &c., and ancient buildings. See Chapter I.
NÉGRESSE.--The station for Biarritz (2 miles from the town), on the direct line between Bordeaux and Madrid.
NESTALAS.--A village in the Hautes-Pyrénées, near Pierrefitte; the station being known as Pierrefitte-Nestalas, the terminus of the line from Lourdes. Hotel accommodation at Pierrefitte (which see in Appendix).
OLORON.--A town on a hill above the river of same name, in the Basses-Pyrénées, 20 miles from Pau, by Gan and Belair. Its suburb (across the river) Sainte Marie possesses a fine old church of the Transition style. The railway was to be opened this year (1883) in communication with Pau and Laruns. Oloron is celebrated for some exquisite pottery, that can be bought in all the chief Pyrenean resorts _except_ the town itself.
Hotels.--De la Poste, Des Voyageurs, De l'Aigle.
Oo.--A small village with an ancient church, in the Haute-Garonne, 5-1/2 miles from Luchon, and 4-1/2 from the lake of the same name.
ORTHEZ.--An ancient town situated on a hill above the Gave de Pau, in the Basses-Pyrénées. The Tour de Moncade, in the vicinity, has great historic interest, besides which there is an ancient bridge and other remains of olden days (see Chapter I.). Coach to Salies (10 miles), and Mauléon-Licharre (27 miles).
Inns.--De la Belle-hôtesse, Des Pyrénées, &c.
PAILLOLE (or Payole).--A village in the Hautes-Pyrénées, 11-1/4 miles from Bigorre, on the Route Thermale, _via_ the Col de Peyresourde to Luchon. See Chapters I. and IX.