Gavarnie travel guide
Visit Gavarnie: Highlights and Tourist Information
IMPORTANT: this is a summary of local highlights. For detailed visitor information see Gavarnie travel guide
Location: Gavarnie is situated in the Hautes-Pyrenees department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south-west of France at 55 km from Tarbes, the department capital. (General information: Gavarnie is 705 km from Paris and 924 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Gavarnie: these include Mont Perdu at 0 km and Luz-Saint-Sauveur at 15 km. Gavarnie église St Jean Baptiste (monuments on French pilgrim routes) is a listed heritage site at 0 km and Cirque de Gavarnie is a listed grand site of france at 4 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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
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 our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Gavarnie
- Luz-Saint-Sauveur: market every Monday (15km)
- Saint-Lary-Soulan: market every Saturday (28km)
- Arreau: market every Thursday all day (35km)
- Bagneres-de-Bigorre: market every Saturday all day (39km)
- Castet: market every Thursday (50km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Gavarnie map below.
Grand Site Of France Cirque de Gavarnie (4km)
Heritage Site Gavarnie église St Jean Baptiste (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (0km); Mont Perdu (8km); Aragnouet chapelle des templiers (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (17km); Ourdis-Cotdoussan église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (35km); Jézeau église Saint-Laurent (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (37km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Cirque d'Estaubés (5km); Cirque de Troumouse (10km); Col du Tourmalet (23km); Grottes de Médous (37km); Col d'Aubisque (38km); Gouffre d'Esparros (43km); Vallée d'Ossau (43km)
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 (local prefecture): 55 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!
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