Cauterets travel guide
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Visit Cauterets: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cauterets is situated in the Hautes-Pyrenees department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south-west of France at 43 km from Tarbes, the department capital. (General information: Cauterets is 690 km from Paris and 908 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Pyrenees National Parc at 19 km from Cauterets
Popular places to visit near Cauterets: these include Pyrenees National Parc at 19 km and Mont Perdu at 19 km.
Col d'Aubisque is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 21km and Col du Tourmalet is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 21km. 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 Cauterets, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cauterets
See France This Way travel guides for Hautes-Pyrenees and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cauterets.
Note that all distances from Cauterets shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cauterets holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cauterets (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 Hautes-Pyrenees 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 Cauterets and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin Massey (42km) :
- National Monuments: Marshall Foch house (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Tarbes (43km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont Perdu (27km) :
- Grand Site of France: Cirque de Gavarnie (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Cauterets & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cauterets
Canton: Argelès-Gazost
Arrondissement: Argelès-Gazost
Department: Hautes-Pyrenees
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 65110
Distance to Cauterets
from Tarbes: 43 km
from Paris: 690 km
from Calais: 908 km
from Nice: 604 km
from Bordeaux: 220 km
from Strasbourg: 878 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 Cauterets): Estaing and Viscos.
Getting here
For driving distances to Cauterets from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cauterets