Barcus travel guide
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Visit Barcus: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Barcus is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 35 km from Pau, the department capital. (General information: Barcus is 674 km from Paris and 885 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Oloron-Sainte-Marie at 13 km from Barcus
Popular places to visit near Barcus: these include Oloron-Sainte-Marie at 13 km and Sauveterre-de-Bearn at 27 km.
Oloron-Sainte-Marie is a listed 'town of art and history' at 13km and Cirque de Saint-Engrace is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 22km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Barcus, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Barcus
See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Barcus.
Note that all distances from Barcus shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Barcus holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Barcus (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Aquitaine and Pyrenees-Atlantiques gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Barcus and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Momas (40km) : Jardins du château de Viven (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Bastide-Clairence (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Pau (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Oloron-Sainte-Marie (13km) :
Map of places to visit near Barcus & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Barcus
Canton: Mauléon-Licharre
Arrondissement: Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 64130
Distance to Barcus
from Pau: 35 km
from Paris: 674 km
from Calais: 885 km
from Nice: 651 km
from Bordeaux: 184 km
from Strasbourg: 890 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Barcus): Esquiule and Roquiague.
Getting here
Pyrenees-Atlantiques is in the south-west of France. Most visitors fly into Biarritz airport (Bordeaux is another option). Allow at least 8 hours for the drive from the cross-channel ferries. For driving distances to Barcus from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Barcus