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Tarascon-sur-Ariege tourism and travel guide

Visit Tarascon-sur-Ariege: highlights and tourist information

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Tarascon-sur-Ariege is situated in the Ariege department and Midi-Pyrenees region (now part of the Occitanie region), in the south of France at 13 kilometres from Foix, the department capital (general information: Tarascon-sur-Ariege is 671 kilometres from Paris).

Popular places to visit nearby include Grotte de Lombrives at 3 km and Foix at 13 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

You can also Book Foix hotels

Tarascon-sur-Ariege, France: places to visit and attractions

Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Tarascon-sur-Ariege in Occitanie.

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

... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Ariege

Map of places to visit near Tarascon-sur-Ariege

Markets in and near Tarascon-sur-Ariege

• Aulus-les-Bains: market Sunday - seasonal market only (22km)
• Lavelanet: market Wednesday & Friday (22km)
• La Bastide-de-Serou: market Thursday (23km)
• Ax-les-Thermes: market Thursday - seasonal market only (24km)
• Ax-les-Thermes: market Tuesday & Saturday (24km)
• Belesta: market Tuesday & Thursday (28km)
• Pamiers: market Tuesday & Saturday (31km)
• Seix: market Wednesday - seasonal market only (33km)
• Mirepoix: market Thursday & Monday (35km)
• Saint-Girons: market Saturday (40km)

More information about Tarascon-sur-Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees

Tourist attractions near Tarascon-sur-Ariege, France

Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Tarascon-sur-Ariege.

Heritage sites

• Saint Lizier cathédrale (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (42km)
• Mont-Louis citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (57km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Camon (36km)
• Saint-Lizier (42km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Pyrenees Ariegeoises (22km)
• Pyrenees Catalanes (55km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc aux Bambous (36km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Vallée de Vicdessos (19km)
• Fontaine Intermittente de Fontestorbes (28km)
• Cirque du Sisca (30km)
• Cirque d'Anglade (35km)
• Lac des Bouillouses (45km)
• Lac du Bouillouses (45km)

Geography and distances

Getting here

For driving distances to Tarascon-sur-Ariege from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 22 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Alliat, Arignac, Arnave, Bedeilhac-et-Aynat, Bompas, Bouan, Capoulet-et-Junac, Cazenave-Serres-et-Allens, Genat, Gourbit, Lapege, Larnat, Mercus-Garrabet, Miglos, Niaux, Ornolac-Ussat-les-Bains, Quie, Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs, Saurat, Sinsat, Surba and Ussat.

This page in French: Visiter Tarascon-sur-Ariege