Cauterets tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Luz-Saint-Sauveur at 9 km from Cauterets

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Visit Cauterets: highlights and tourist information

Cauterets 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 Cauterets in Occitanie.

Popular places to visit nearby include Luz-Saint-Sauveur at 9 km and Saint-Savin at 10 km.

Cauterets, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Luz-Saint-Sauveur

at 9 km (direction east)

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

See Luz-Saint-Sauveur guide

Saint-Savin

at 10 km (direction north-north-east)

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

See Saint-Savin guide

Pyrenees National Parc

National Parc at 19 km (direction west-south-west)

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

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Mont Perdu

Heritage Site at 19 km (direction south-south-east)

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

See Mont Perdu guide

Gourette

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

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

See Gourette guide

Col d'Aubisque

Scenery at 21 km (direction west-north-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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Col du Tourmalet

Scenery at 21 km (direction east)

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

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Gavarnie

Scenery at 23 km (direction south-south-east)

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

See Gavarnie guide

Lourdes

at 24 km (direction north-north-east)

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

See Lourdes guide

Eaux-Bonnes

at 24 km (direction west-north-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 27 km (direction west-north-west), in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department

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

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Col d'Aspin

Scenery at 36 km (direction east)

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

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Arreau

at 39 km (direction east)

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

See Arreau guide

Tarbes

at 41 km (direction north-north-east)

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

See Tarbes guide

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Reserve excursions near Cauterets

Map of places to visit near Cauterets

Markets in and near Cauterets

• Luz-Saint-Sauveur: market Monday (9km)
• Lourdes: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday all day & Saturday all day & Monday & Friday (24km)
• Bagneres-de-Bigorre: market Saturday all day (29km)
• Castet: market Thursday (32km)
• Saint-Lary-Soulan: market Saturday (36km)
• Arreau: market Thursday all day (38km)
• Bedous: market Thursday (41km)
• Tarbes: market Thursday all day (43km)
• Gan: market Wednesday (44km)
• Oloron-Sainte-Marie: market Friday (53km)

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Tourist attractions near Cauterets, France

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

Grand sites of France

• Cirque de Gavarnie (23km)

Heritage sites

• Gavarnie église St Jean Baptiste (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (19km)
• Ourdis-Cotdoussan église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (21km)
• Mont Perdu (27km)
• Aragnouet chapelle des templiers (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (28km)
• Jézeau église Saint-Laurent (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (40km)
• Eglise, Oloron-Sainte-Marie (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (53km)

National Monuments

• Marshall Foch house (41km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin Massey (42km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Cirque du Lys (3km)
• Pont d'Espagne (5km)
• Cirque du Marcadau (10km)
• Cirque du Litor (16km)
• Col d'Aubisque (21km)
• Col du Tourmalet (21km)
• Brèche de Roland (23km)
• Cirque d'Estaubés (23km)
• Cascade de Gavarnie (24km)
• Grottes de Betharram (24km)
• Cirque de Troumouse (25km)
• Vallée d'Ossau (27km)
• Grottes de Médous (28km)
• Gouffre d'Esparros (39km)
• Vallée d'Aspe (40km)

Towns of Art and history

• Oloron-Sainte-Marie (53km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Tarbes (43km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Zoo d'Asson (29km)

Geography and distances

Cauterets is in the south-west of France at 41 kilometres from Tarbes, the department capital (general information: Cauterets is 690 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

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

We have 2 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Estaing and Viscos.

This page in French: Visiter Cauterets