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Tourism Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Bagneres de Bigorre is a sub-prefecture of the department of Hautes-Pyrenees, located in the Midi-Pyrenees region. The city is located in the foothills of the Pyrenees, and is crossed by two Adour and its tributaries.
Since antiquity, the Romans discovered, on the territory, the warm waters from the Mount Olivet. Today, the large baths offer rheumatology care , psychosomatic disorders and respiratory tract. There is a casino and a spa. The great bath have an classic style of architecture using noble materials as the Pyrenees marble.
Various buildings are Gothic, like the tower Jacobins or the Church of St. Vincent. A number of houses are listed as historical monuments.
Bagnères-de-Bigorre has a natural heritage which is also a place of pilgrimage: the caves of Médous. Cultural heritage enriched by three museums, a museum of fine arts, a natural history museum and a museum of marble.
Sights of Bagnere-de-Bigorre
- Old Bagnères
- Jacobins Towers
- Church of St. Vincent
- Jeanne d'Albret House
- Cloister of Saint-Jean
- Géruzet Villa
Museums and monuments to visit
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Les Grottes de MédousOn August 8th, 1948, three cavers in the area discovered the caves Médous after trying to find the origin and course of the waters. The caves will be open to the public in spring 1951, after a ... -
Le château de MauvezinThe castle is mentioned for the first time in a text in 1083. These are the Counts of Bigorre which constuirent the castle. Rebuilt by Gaston Phoebus in the fourteenth century, it will fall into ... -
Château de SoumIn 1791, there was only one Justice of the Peace for the whole canton of Lourdes. Previously, in 1790, the General Council of the Commune of Lourdes informed the National Assembly that the prisons of ... -
Eglise du Sacrée CoeurAfter the Apparitions of 1858, the parish priest Peyramale decided to build a new parish church, larger than the church of Saint-Pierre that Bernadette had known. In 1875, he began work. Interrupted ... -
La Tour de GarnavieRemains of the fortifications protecting Lourdes in the Middle Ages: the Garnavie Tower and the Fortified Castle. The Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem occupied this area around the 12th century. ... -
Le CachotThe dungeon is located in the rue des Petits Fosses, the bottom of a former prison Lourdes. It is in this room of 16 m² that Soubirous lived from autumn 1856 to autumn 1858. It is here that ... -
Château fort de LourdesIts origin dates back to Roman times, then he was besieged in 778 by Charlemagne and became the residence of the Counts of Bigorre in the eleventh century and twelfth century. In the thirteenth ... -
Le Château Fort et son Musée PyrénéensBuilt on a rocky outcrop, as if levitating between heaven and earth, the Pyrenean Castle-Museum of Lourdes majestically dominates the Marian city. With more than a thousand years of history, this ... -
La Maison Paternelle Sainte-BernadetteBishop of Tarbes gave to Bernadette Soubirous' father. The latter lived in this house from 1858 to 1860. It is in this house, formerly known as "Moulin Lacadé" that are in the ... -
Basilique Notre-Dame du RosaireThe Basilica of our Lady of the Rosary (French: Notre Dame du Rosaire de Lourdes) is a Roman Catholic church and minor within the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. Its main theme is a ... -
La maison natale du Maréchal FochThe birthplace of Marshal Foch, located in the heart of Tarbes is the house where grew during the first 12 years of his life Ferdinand Foch. This house, which is now a museum since 1951, been a ...
Tour to discover Hautes-Pyrénées
- Thème : Sites and museums
- Départ : Garderes
- Durée : 6 jours
Discover the beauty of the Hérault following our tour you will discover all facets of the department. For 6 days, you will visit the caves, you will go to Lourdes or you'll find in museums.
Welcome to Bagnères-de-Bigorre
- Thème : Sciences and discovery
- Départ : Bagneres-de-bigorre
- Durée : 4 jours
Bagnères-de-Bigorre is located in the department of the Hautes-Pyrénées and the Midi-Pyrenees area; this is one of the sub-prefecture of the department. This is a city of Pyrenean Piedmont which the economic activity is strongly related on tourism and hydrotherapy, this is the ...
Discover the Hautes Pyrénées department
- Thème : Sciences and discovery
- Départ : Campan
- Durée : 6 jours
Visit the department of the high pyrenees and pass a stay of relaxation. profit from many sports activities and cultural.
Campan
- Thème : Sciences and discovery
- Départ : Campan
- Durée : 3 jours
Campan is located in the department of the Hautes-Pyrénées and the Midi-Pyrenees area. Commune located in the Pyrenees in valley of Campan at the junction of Adour and Adour de Payolle.
