{"id":2156,"date":"2026-08-31T14:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mercure-axlesthermes.com\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2026-08-31T14:41:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:41:49","slug":"a-weekend-in-the-heart-of-the-pyrenees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mercure-axlesthermes.com\/en\/un-week-end-au-coeur-des-pyrenees\/","title":{"rendered":"A weekend in the heart of the Pyrenees"},"content":{"rendered":"<link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Montserrat:wght@400;500;600;700&#038;display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\n\n<style>\n  .wellness-article {\n    max-width: 1100px;\n    margin: 0 auto;\n    font-family: 'Montserrat', Arial, sans-serif;\n    color: #333333;\n    line-height: 1.7;\n    background: #ffffff;\n  }\n\n  .wellness-article * {\n    box-sizing: border-box;\n  }\n\n  .wellness-hero {\n    position: relative;\n    min-height: 580px;\n    display: flex;\n    align-items: flex-end;\n    padding: 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start of the new school year were also an opportunity<br>\n      to take some time for yourself?\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <p>\n      For three days, the <strong>Mercure Ax-les-Thermes<\/strong>\n      invites you to recharge your batteries in the heart of the Ari\u00e8ge Pyrenees.\nMeditation, hiking, Pilates, spa treatments, wellness workshops and\nculinary delights will punctuate this weekend, designed to be a proper break.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <!-- VENDREDI -->\n  <section class=\"wellness-section\">\n\n    <div class=\"wellness-image\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.mercure-axlesthermes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Vauban-Ax-Mercure-fev2026-01.jpg\"\n        alt=\"Mercure Ax-les-Thermes\"\n      >\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"wellness-content\">\n\n      <div class=\"wellness-day\">\n        Friday\n      <\/div>\n\n      <h2>Take your time getting there<\/h2>\n\n      <p>\n        As soon as you arrive, feel free to enjoy the\n        <strong>Les Opales Spa<\/strong> and gently leave everyday life\nbehind you.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <p>\n        Early in the evening, a\n        <strong>group meditation session<\/strong>\n        will help you kick off the weekend in a relaxing atmosphere.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <p>\n        The day will end with a\n        <strong>communal dinner<\/strong>, to kick off this little interlude\n in a friendly atmosphere.\n      <\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <!-- SAMEDI -->\n  <section class=\"wellness-section reverse\">\n\n    <div class=\"wellness-image\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.mercure-axlesthermes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Vauban-Ax-oct2025-057.jpg\"\n        alt=\"The Ari\u00e8ge Pyrenees\"\n      >\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"wellness-content\">\n\n      <div class=\"wellness-day\">\n        Saturday\n      <\/div>\n\n      <h2>Move, breathe, relax<\/h2>\n\n      <p>\n        \u00c0 <strong>9 am<\/strong>, head out 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      Limited places \u2014 booking essential.\n      <\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/section>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercure Ax-les-Thermes 3 jours de bien-\u00eatre au c\u0153ur des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es Une parenth\u00e8se entre nature, mouvement et d\u00e9tente, imagin\u00e9e pour ralentir, respirer et prendre du temps pour soi. Du 18 au 20 septembre 2026 Et si la rentr\u00e9e \u00e9tait aussi l\u2019occasion de prendre du temps pour vous ? Pendant trois jours, le Mercure Ax-les-Thermes vous invite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mercure-axlesthermes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mercure-axlesthermes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mercure-axlesthermes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mercure-axlesthermes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mercure-axlesthermes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2156"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mercure-axlesthermes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2159,"href":"https:\/\/www.mercure-axlesthermes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156\/revisions\/2159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mercure-axlesthermes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mercure-axlesthermes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mercure-axlesthermes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mercure-axlesthermes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}