Barre travel guide
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Visit Barre: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Barre is situated in the Tarn department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France at 58 km from Albi, the department capital. (General information: Barre is 569 km from Paris and 804 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Olargues at 23 km from Barre
Popular places to visit near Barre: these include Olargues at 23 km and Brousse-le-Chateau at 32 km.
Abbaye de Sylvanès (Sylvanes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km and Fraisse-sur-Agout is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 16km. 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 Barre, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Barre
See France This Way travel guides for Tarn and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Barre.
Note that all distances from Barre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Barre holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Barre (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 Midi-Pyrenees and Tarn 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 Barre and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin du château de Margon (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Olargues (23km) : Brousse-le-Chateau (32km) : Peyre (40km) : La Couvertoirade (43km) : Minerve (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Sylvanès (Sylvanes) (14km) : Eglise de Saint-Cirice (Brousse-le-Chateau) (32km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Fraisse-sur-Agout (16km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lodeve (40km) :
- Grand Site of France: Valle du Salagou (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Barre & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Barre
Canton: Murat-sur-Vèbre
Arrondissement: Castres
Department: Tarn
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 81320
Distance to Barre
from Albi: 58 km
from Paris: 569 km
from Calais: 804 km
from Nice: 357 km
from Bordeaux: 296 km
from Strasbourg: 657 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Barre): Moulin-Mage, Mounes-Prohencoux, Murasson and Peux-et-Couffouleux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Barre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Barre