Bagnères / Grand Tourmalet

Award-winning flowery valley

This wide valley leads to the source of the Adour river. There are in fact 3 delightful little valleys: Payolle, Gripp, and Lesponne.

The whole place is charming, green and carefully maintained thanks to the continuing presence of herds of animals. But it was the thermal waters which made Bagnères-de-Bigorre famous.

Special features

History
Astronomy
Thermal tradition
Science
Sport
Relaxation
Away from it all
Vitality
Mountain sports
Motorbiking

Discover

Bagnères-de-Bigorre
The villages and hamlets
The Campan mounaques (traditional rag dolls which decorate the houses)
The Ferrère house (a dynasty of sculptors famous for Baroque altarpieces)
The Baron Larrey museum (a surgeon in the Napoleonic armies)
Churches
The Campan cloisters
Water fountains and washhouses
Half-timbered houses
Thatched barns
Good restaurants
Traditional Pyrenean singing

Get moving / Year-round opportunities

Mountain sports: hiking, skiing, paragliding, horseback riding, adventure sports, cycling, fishing, motorbiking, canyoneering and white water sports, swimming, the GR10 trail
Unforgettable moments: Visiting the Pic du Midi de Bigorre

Don’t miss

The Pyrenees National Park
The Néouvielle Nature Reserve and its sparkling lakes
The Pic du Midi de Bigorre and its observatory
The legendary Tourmalet pass
Aquensis hot baths and fitness centre in Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Payolle lake and pine forests
The Aspin pass and the Hourquette d'Ancizan, motorbikers’ heaven

Ski resorts

La Mongie - Grand Tourmalet, one of the largest skiing areas in the Pyrenees (link up with Barèges via the Tourmalet pass)
Nordic skiing at Payolle

Nearby

The Barèges valley (via the legendary Tourmalet pass)

A little further away

Aure valley
Louron valley
Gavarnie, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Argelès-Gazost health resort and its great weekly market
Val d'Azun
Cauterets - Pont d'Espagne
Lourdes
Tarbes, the Massey Gardens and the National Stud
Toulouse, its history, the Space City