The best known in Barèges: Col du Tourmalet
4 places to visit are mapped in Barèges, and 1 more within 5 km of its centre. On foot, 2 are within 1 km of the centre. For a full day, there is Sanctuaire de Lourdes, 24 km away.
What Barèges is known for
Beyond Col du Tourmalet, there are 4 attractions.
Best known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
Where each one is
The farthest of them, Col du Tourmalet, is 7 km out.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Barèges; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
What there is to see
They are all other sights: 5 in all.
Dark: in Barèges. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Full list of places
The 4 inside Barèges come first, then one more within 5 km of its centre.
The 4 places in Barèges first, then those within 5 km of its centre.
Big names nearby
First of the 12 big names within reach is Sanctuaire de Lourdes, 24 km away.
AttractionSanctuaire de Lourdes24 km northwest, in LourdesAttractionAttractionCascade de Gavarnie23 km south, in Gavarnie-GèdreAttractionAttractionCol d'Aspin22 km east, in Aspin-AureChâteauChâteauChâteau fort de Lourdes24 km north, in LourdesAttractionAttractionGrottes de Bétharram31 km northwest, in Saint-Pé-de-BigorreAttractionAttractionChâteau Sainte-Marie5.4 km southwest, in EsterreZooZooParc animalier des Pyrénées19 km northwest, in Ayzac-OstAttractionAttractionCol du Soulor27 km west, in ArbéostGardenGardenJardin botanique du Tourmalet6.9 km east, in SersChâteauChâteauChâteau de Mauvezin30 km northeast, in MauvezinCathedralCathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Sède de Tarbes38 km north, in TarbesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Saint-Savin-en-Lavedan16 km northwest, in Saint-SavinPlaces within 40 km of Barèges with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Visiting Barèges: questions
What is there to see in Barèges?
The first on our list in Barèges are Col du Tourmalet, L'appel sauvage, La pépinière céleste and Neouvielle. We list 4 places in town. Another 1 is within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Barèges?
No museum or gallery is mapped in Barèges or within 5 km.
What well-known places are within a day out of Barèges?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Sanctuaire de Lourdes (24 km), Cascade de Gavarnie (23 km), Col d'Aspin (22 km), Château fort de Lourdes (24 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Barèges, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Sanctuaire de Lourdes: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.