Orus travel guide
Visit Orus: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Grotte de Lombrives at 10 km from Orus
Location: Orus is situated in the Ariege department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France at 22 km from Foix, the department capital. (General information: Orus is 679 km from Paris and 909 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Orus: these include Grotte de Lombrives at 10 km and Foix at 22 km. Vallée de Vicdessos is a listed site of natural beauty at 9 km and Pyrenees Ariegeoises is a listed regional natural parc at 25 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 Orus, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Orus
See France This Way travel guides for Ariege and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Orus.
Note that all distances from Orus shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Orus 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 Ariege gites and villas
Markets near Orus
- Aulus-les-Bains: market every Sunday - seasonal market only - (14km)
- La Bastide-de-Serou: market every Thursday (27km)
- Seix: market every Wednesday - seasonal market only - (27km)
- Ax-les-Thermes: market every Thursday - seasonal market only - (28km)
- Ax-les-Thermes: market every Tuesday & Saturday (28km)
- Lavelanet: market every Wednesday & Friday (32km)
- Belesta: market every Tuesday & Thursday (37km)
- Saint-Girons: market every Saturday (37km)
- Pamiers: market every Tuesday & Saturday (39km)
- Mirepoix: market every Thursday & Monday (45km)
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 Orus and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Orus map below.
Heritage Site Saint Lizier cathédrale (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (39km); Audressein Église Notre-Dame de Tramesaygues (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (43km)
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Lizier (39km); Camon (46km)
Regional Natural Parc Pyrenees Ariegeoises (25km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Vallée de Vicdessos (9km); Fontaine Intermittente de Fontestorbes (37km); Lac du Bouillouses (47km)
Map of places to visit near Orus & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Orus
Canton: Vicdessos
Arrondissement: Foix
Department: Ariege
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 9220
Distance to Orus
from Foix (local prefecture): 22 km
from Paris: 679 km
from Calais: 909 km
from Nice: 478 km
from Bordeaux: 283 km
from Strasbourg: 806 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Orus): Auzat, Genat, Gesties, Goulier, Illier-et-Laramade, Lapege, Lercoul, Sem, Siguer, Suc-et-Sentenac and Vicdessos.
Getting here
For driving distances to Orus from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Orus