Gavarnie travel guide

Gavarnie photo, taken in Col du Tourmalet France

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Visit Gavarnie: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Gavarnie is situated in the Hautes-Pyrenees department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south-west of France at 58 km from Tarbes, the department capital. (General information: Gavarnie is 705 km from Paris and 924 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Col du Tourmalet at 23 km from Gavarnie

Popular places to visit near Gavarnie: these include Col du Tourmalet at 23 km and Pyrenees National Parc at 29 km.

Cirque de Gavarnie is a listed 'grand site of france' at 4km and Cirque d'Estaubés is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 5km. 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 Gavarnie, France

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

photo of Lourdes
Lourdes 40km
photo of Laruns
Laruns 43km

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 Gavarnie.

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

Gavarnie holidays and travel

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

  1. Heritage Sites: Mont Perdu (8km) :
  2. Grand Site of France: Cirque de Gavarnie (4km) :

Map of places to visit near Gavarnie & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Gavarnie

Canton: Luz-Saint-Sauveur

Arrondissement: Argelès-Gazost

Department: Hautes-Pyrenees

Region: Midi-Pyrenees

Postcode: 65120

Distance to Gavarnie

from Tarbes: 58 km

from Paris: 705 km

from Calais: 924 km

from Nice: 599 km

from Bordeaux: 238 km

from Strasbourg: 886 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 Gavarnie): Gedre and Mont Perdu.

Getting here

For driving distances to Gavarnie from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Gavarnie