Tarbes travel guide
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Visit Tarbes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Tarbes is situated in the Hautes-Pyrenees department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south-west of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Hautes-Pyrenees department. (General information: Tarbes is 647 km from Paris and 866 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Tarbes (page also includes a photo gallery for Tarbes)
Popular places to visit near Tarbes: these include Tarbes at 3 km and Lourdes at 19 km.
Jardin Massey is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 2km and Marshall Foch house is a listed 'national monument' at 3km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Tarbes: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Tarbes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Tarbes
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 Tarbes.
Note that all distances from Tarbes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Tarbes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Tarbes (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 Tarbes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin Massey (2km) : Jardins du château de Viven (43km) : Jardin de la poterie Hillen (43km) : Jardin du château de Momas (47km) :
- National Monuments: Marshall Foch house (3km) : Montmaurin Gallo-Roman Villa (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Pau (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Tarbes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tarbes
Canton: Tarbes
Arrondissement: Tarbes
Department: Hautes-Pyrenees
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 65000
Distance to Tarbes
from Tarbes: 0 km
from Paris: 647 km
from Calais: 866 km
from Nice: 583 km
from Bordeaux: 184 km
from Strasbourg: 838 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 20 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Tarbes): Aureilhan, Aurensan, Bazet, Borderes-sur-l'Echez, Boulin, Bours, Chis, Dours, Ibos, Juillan, Laloubere, Lizos, Odos, Oleac-Debat, Orleix, Oursbelille, Sabalos, Sarrouilles, Semeac and Soues.
Getting here
For driving distances to Tarbes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Tarbes