Grottes Mas D’azil
27 juli, 2007 Author: Terina Bilby
The caves at Mas are only 10-15 mins away from Maison Famille. You Take the D15 to Le Saret and the turn Right onto the D119 and follow this all the way to the caves. There is parking on you right hand side just before the cave.
There is a little building that sells drinks. The ticket office is inside the cave and you walk to it from the road.
At the time of our visit it was 6, 10 euros for an adult and 3, 10 euros for a child 6 to 15 years, under that children are free.
The caves are open from different times at different times of the year.
From middle of Feb to middle of May and end of Sept to end of Nov open Sundays only from 1400hrs to 1800hrs.
From Middle of May to July and all of Sept On weekdays and Saturdays 1400hrs to 1800hrs, on Sundays and public holidays 1000hrs till 1200hrs and 1400hrs till 1800hrs.
In July and Aug every day 1000hrs till 1200hrs and 1400hrs till 1800hrs.
The tours which are done with a guide generally leave on the hour. We were in the caves for nearly one and a half hours.
There are some steep steps and at points were it was damp it was slippery. At one point you have to walk bent over as the roof is very low.
Wear good shoes and take a jumper for the kids (and ladies if they are anything like me) as it is cool inside.
I wouldn’t recommend it for the elderly or infirm.
Worth a look inside. My 3 year old managed the steps and the slippery floors although holding hands was a must. He did start to get a bit bored while the guide did her talks, but then they were in French so hard to understand. There are plaques on the wall that were in English and other languages. These showed information on the bit of cave you were in at the time.
Even if you do not go inside the cave for a visit it is worth parking the car and walking through by the road side to look at and here the water.
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