Bescat travel guide

Bescat photo, taken in Laruns France

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Visit Bescat: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Bescat is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 20 km from Pau, the department capital. (General information: Bescat is 672 km from Paris and 887 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Laruns at 16 km from Bescat

Popular places to visit near Bescat: these include Laruns at 16 km and Oloron-Sainte-Marie at 17 km.

Vallée d'Ossau is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 15km and Oloron-Sainte-Marie is a listed 'town of art and history' at 17km. 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 Bescat, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bescat

photo of Laruns
Laruns 16km
photo of Pau
Pau 20km
photo of Lourdes
Lourdes 32km
photo of Tarbes
Tarbes 42km
photo of Orthez
Orthez 49km

See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bescat.

Note that all distances from Bescat shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Bescat holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bescat (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 Bescat and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Momas (37km) : Jardins du château de Viven (38km) : Jardin Massey (43km) :
  2. National Monuments: Marshall Foch house (42km) :
  3. Town / village in bloom 4*: Pau (20km) : Tarbes (43km) :
  4. Towns of Art and History: Oloron-Sainte-Marie (17km) :

Map of places to visit near Bescat & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Bescat

Canton: Arudy

Arrondissement: Oloron-Sainte-Marie

Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques

Region: Aquitaine

Postcode: 64260

Distance to Bescat

from Pau: 20 km

from Paris: 672 km

from Calais: 887 km

from Nice: 624 km

from Bordeaux: 191 km

from Strasbourg: 876 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bescat): Arudy, Buziet, Buzy, Castet, Izeste, Lasseubetat, Louvie-Juzon, Lys, Rebenacq, Sainte-Colome and Sevignacq-Meyracq.

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 Bescat from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Bescat