Ris travel guide
Visit Ris: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Arreau at 4 km from Ris
Location: Ris is situated in the Hautes-Pyrenees department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south-west of France at 46 km from Tarbes, the department capital. (General information: Ris is 680 km from Paris and 903 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Ris: these include Arreau at 4 km and Bagneres-de-Luchon at 19 km. Jézeau église Saint-Laurent (monuments on French pilgrim routes) is a listed heritage site at 2 km and Gouffre d'Esparros is a listed site of natural beauty at 17 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 Ris, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ris
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 Ris.
Note that all distances from Ris shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ris 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 Ris
- Arreau: market every Thursday all day (4km)
- Saint-Lary-Soulan: market every Saturday (10km)
- Bagneres-de-Luchon: market every every day - seasonal market only - (19km)
- Loures-Barousse: market every Friday (23km)
- Montrejeau: market every Monday (26km)
- Bagneres-de-Bigorre: market every Saturday all day (28km)
- Luz-Saint-Sauveur: market every Monday (33km)
- Aspet: market every Wednesday & Saturday (36km)
- Saint-Gaudens: market every Thursday (37km)
- Lourdes: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday all day & Saturday all day & Monday & Friday (43km)
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 Ris and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Ris map below.
Grand Site Of France Cirque de Gavarnie (39km)
Heritage Site Jézeau église Saint-Laurent (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (2km); Aragnouet chapelle des templiers (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (20km); St Bertrand de Comminges cathédrale (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (21km); St Bertrand de Comminges chapelle St Julien (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (21km); Valcabrère basilique St Just (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (22km); Ourdis-Cotdoussan église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (35km); Gavarnie église St Jean Baptiste (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (38km); Mont Perdu (38km)
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (21km)
National Monument Montmaurin Gallo-Roman Villa (42km); Marshall Foch house (46km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin Massey (47km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Gouffre d'Esparros (17km); Lac d'Oo (18km); Col du Tourmalet (21km); Grottes de Médous (26km); Cirque de Troumouse (29km); Cirque d'Estaubés (34km)
Map of places to visit near Ris & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ris
Canton: Bordères-Louron
Arrondissement: Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Department: Hautes-Pyrenees
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 65590
Distance to Ris
from Tarbes (local prefecture): 46 km
from Paris: 680 km
from Calais: 903 km
from Nice: 563 km
from Bordeaux: 230 km
from Strasbourg: 852 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 21 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ris): Ancizan, Ardengost, Arreau, Aspin-Aure, Avajan, Bareilles, Barrancoueu, Bazus-Aure, Borderes-Louron, Cadeac, Camparan, Cazaux-Debat, Frechet-Aure, Gouaux, Grailhen, Grezian, Guchan, Guchen, Jezeau, Lancon and Pailhac.
Getting here
For driving distances to Ris from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ris