Aulon tourism and travel guide

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Visit Aulon: highlights and tourist information

Aulon 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 Aulon in Occitanie.

Popular places to visit nearby include Arreau at 8 km and Col d'Aspin at 10 km.

Aulon, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Arreau

at 8 km (direction north-east)

Deep in the Pyrenees on a small river, Arreau is a delightful small town...

See Arreau guide

Col d'Aspin

Scenery at 10 km (direction north-north-east)

The Col d'Aspin is an important mountain pass in the west of the Pyrenees...

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Col du Tourmalet

Scenery at 14 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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Col de Peyresourde

Scenery at 15 km (direction east-south-east)

The Col de Peyresourde is a mountain pass in the pyrenees, which often forms...

See Col de Peyresourde guide

Luz-Saint-Sauveur

at 24 km (direction west)

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

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Bagneres-de-Luchon

at 25 km (direction east), in the Haute-Garonne department

Bagneres-de-Luchon is one of the nicest of the 'belle-epoque' spa towns that developed in...

See Bagneres-de-Luchon guide

Mont Perdu

Heritage Site at 28 km (direction west-south-west)

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

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Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges

Most Beautiful Village at 30 km (direction east-north-east), in the Haute-Garonne department

2000 years ago the town of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges had 10000 inhabitants - now it has...

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Gavarnie

Scenery at 30 km (direction west-south-west)

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

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Valcabrere

at 31 km (direction east-north-east), in the Haute-Garonne department

Valcabrere deserves a visit because of the very lovely roman style basilica of Saint-Just...

See Valcabrere guide

Saint-Savin

at 34 km (direction west-north-west)

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

See Saint-Savin guide

Lourdes

at 38 km (direction north-west)

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

See Lourdes guide

Tarbes

at 46 km (direction north-north-west)

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

See Tarbes guide

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Markets in and near Aulon

• Saint-Lary-Soulan: market Saturday (5km)
• Arreau: market Thursday all day (8km)
• Luz-Saint-Sauveur: market Monday (24km)
• Bagneres-de-Luchon: market every day - seasonal market only (25km)
• Bagneres-de-Bigorre: market Saturday all day (26km)
• Loures-Barousse: market Friday (32km)
• Montrejeau: market Monday (35km)
• Lourdes: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday all day & Saturday all day & Monday & Friday (39km)
• Aspet: market Wednesday & Saturday (45km)
• Saint-Gaudens: market Thursday (46km)

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Tourist attractions near Aulon, France

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

Grand sites of France

• Cirque de Gavarnie (30km)

Heritage sites

• Jézeau église Saint-Laurent (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (9km)
• Aragnouet chapelle des templiers (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (11km)
• Gavarnie église St Jean Baptiste (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (28km)
• Mont Perdu (29km)
• St Bertrand de Comminges cathédrale (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (30km)
• St Bertrand de Comminges chapelle St Julien (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (30km)
• Valcabrère basilique St Just (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (31km)
• Ourdis-Cotdoussan église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (31km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (30km)

National Monuments

• Marshall Foch house (46km)
• Montmaurin Gallo-Roman Villa (50km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin Massey (46km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Col du Tourmalet (14km)
• Gouffre d'Esparros (20km)
• Cirque de Troumouse (20km)
• Lac d'Oo (20km)
• Grottes de Médous (24km)
• Cirque des Crabioules (25km)
• Cirque d'Estaubés (25km)
• Cascade de Gavarnie (30km)
• Brèche de Roland (32km)
• Pont d'Espagne (35km)
• Cirque du Lys (37km)
• Cirque du Marcadau (40km)
• Grottes de Betharram (48km)
• Gorges de la Save (52km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Tarbes (48km)

Geography and distances

Aulon is in the south-west of France at 46 kilometres from Tarbes, the department capital (general information: Aulon is 686 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Aulon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 20 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Ancizan, Arreau, Azet, Bazus-Aure, Bourisp, Cadeac, Cadeilhan-Trachere, Camparan, Ens, Estensan, Gouaux, Grailhen, Grezian, Guchan, Guchen, Lancon, Sailhan, Saint-Lary-Soulan, Vielle-Aure and Vignec.

This page in French: Visiter Aulon