Arcizans-Dessus tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Saint-Savin at 6 km from Arcizans-Dessus

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Visit Arcizans-Dessus: highlights and tourist information

Arcizans-Dessus is situated in the Hautes-Pyrenees department and Occitanie region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Arcizans-Dessus in Occitanie.

Popular places to visit nearby include Saint-Savin at 6 km and Gourette at 14 km.

Arcizans-Dessus, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Saint-Savin

at 6 km (direction east)

It is the abbey church in Saint-Savin, and the surrounding countryside, that make a...

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Gourette

at 14 km (direction west), in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department

Gourette s a small ski station on the route to the Col d'Aubisque near...

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Col d'Aubisque

Scenery at 15 km (direction west), in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department

The Col d'Aubisque is a beautiful mountain pass with views of numerous high mountains...

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Lourdes

at 16 km (direction north-east)

Lourdes is of course very famous as a pilgrimage centre which attracts millions of...

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Luz-Saint-Sauveur

at 18 km (direction south-east)

The pleasant town of Luz-Saint-Sauveur is well placed to explore some lovely Pyreneean mountain...

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Eaux-Bonnes

at 19 km (direction west), in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department

Eaux-Bonnes is a 19th century belle-epoque spa town at the base of the Col...

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Laruns

at 21 km (direction west), in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department

Laruns is a pretty village, but it is the surrounding mountain scenery that attracts...

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Pyrenees National Parc

National Parc at 22 km (direction south-west)

The Pyrenees National Parc contains a great deal of the most beatiful mountain scenery...

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Col du Tourmalet

Scenery at 26 km (direction east-south-east)

The Col du Tourmalet is a mountain pass in the Pyrenees, famous because the...

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Mont Perdu

Heritage Site at 30 km (direction south-south-east)

Mont-Perdu is a natural highlight on the border between France and Spain near Gavarnie...

See Mont Perdu guide

Tarbes

at 33 km (direction north-east)

The substantial gardens of Jardin Massey are the main place of interest in the...

See Tarbes guide

Gavarnie

Scenery at 34 km (direction south-south-east)

The natural highlight of the Cirque de Gavarnie, a great circular cliff, is one...

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Sarrance

at 37 km (direction west), in the Pyreees-Atlantiques department

The small village of Sarrance is in the valley of the Gave d'Aspe and...

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Chateau de Pau

Castle at 39 km (direction north-north-west), in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department

The Chateau de Pau is an impressive combination of the renaissance and 19th century...

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Reserve excursions near Arcizans-Dessus

Map of places to visit near Arcizans-Dessus

Markets in and near Arcizans-Dessus

• Lourdes: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday all day & Saturday all day & Monday & Friday (16km)
• Luz-Saint-Sauveur: market Monday (18km)
• Castet: market Thursday (23km)
• Bagneres-de-Bigorre: market Saturday all day (27km)
• Gan: market Wednesday (33km)
• Tarbes: market Thursday all day (35km)
• Bedous: market Thursday (36km)
• Pau: market every day except Sunday (39km)
• Arreau: market Thursday all day (43km)
• Saint-Lary-Soulan: market Saturday (43km)

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Tourist attractions near Arcizans-Dessus, France

What to do at Arcizans-Dessus? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Arcizans-Dessus.

Grand sites of France

• Cirque de Gavarnie (34km)

Heritage sites

• Ourdis-Cotdoussan église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (17km)
• Gavarnie église St Jean Baptiste (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (30km)
• Aragnouet chapelle des templiers (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (37km)
• Mont Perdu (38km)
• Eglise, Oloron-Sainte-Marie (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (43km)
• Jézeau église Saint-Laurent (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (45km)

National Monuments

• Marshall Foch house (33km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin Massey (34km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Cirque du Lys (11km)
• Cirque du Litor (11km)
• Grottes de Betharram (13km)
• Col d'Aubisque (15km)
• Pont d'Espagne (15km)
• Cirque du Marcadau (18km)
• Vallée d'Ossau (21km)
• Col du Tourmalet (26km)
• Grottes de Médous (27km)
• Cirque d'Estaubés (34km)
• Brèche de Roland (34km)
• Cascade de Gavarnie (35km)
• Cirque de Troumouse (36km)
• Vallée d'Aspe (36km)
• Gouffre d'Esparros (40km)

Towns of Art and history

• Oloron-Sainte-Marie (44km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Tarbes (35km)
• Pau (39km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Zoo d'Asson (18km)

Geography and distances

Arcizans-Dessus is in the south-west of France at 33 kilometres from Tarbes, the department capital (general information: Arcizans-Dessus is 681 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Arcizans-Dessus from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 16 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Arcizans-Avant, Argeles-Gazost, Arras-en-Lavedan, Arrens-Marsous, Aucun, Ayzac-Ost, Bun, Estaing, Gaillagos, Gez, Lau-Balagnas, Ouzous, Saint-Savin, Salles, Sere-en-Lavedan and Sireix.

This page in French: Visiter Arcizans-Dessus