Bagnères-De-Bigorre: Hotels and Accommodations
Accommodation in Bagnères-De-Bigorre
In Bagnères-de-Bigorre, the Musée Salies presents the major artistic movements of the first half of the 19th century. It also houses collections of folk art objects belonging to Jeanne Sayous, documenting everyday life in the Pyrenees.
If you would like to book a hotel in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, you can focus your accommodation search on the town.
Culture
The Musée du marbre is located in the former Salut thermal baths and presents a renovated historic gallery with marble bathing cubicles and marble bathtubs. It showcases 320 European marble sources, including around 100 from quarries in the Pyrenees. The Muséum du Salut also includes a huge model of Haute Bigorre and an area dedicated to the world of bats.
The Église Saint-Vincent and the Tour des Jacobins are classified as historic monuments.
History
In antiquity, the Roman settlement of “Vicus Aquensis” was established in Bagnères-de-Bigorre; remains of bathing facilities were excavated there. The Grands Thermes building was constructed between 1823 and 1828 on the site of earlier Roman baths.
Nature
The Vallon de Salut is designated as a classified landscape site. From Bagnères-de-Bigorre, there are walking trails in the town, in the Vallon de Salut and in Bédat.
The circular route through the Vallon du Salut starts in Bagnères-de-Bigorre and follows a paved path past steaming thermal springs, the remains of former pools and wooden footbridges. The round trip takes 1 hour 30 minutes and includes an elevation gain of 100 metres. Cycling tours from Bagnères-de-Bigorre include climbs up the Col d'Aspin.
Leisure
The Aquensis Aqua-Pass provides, optionally for 1, 2 or 3 hours, access to the entire relaxation area with leisure pools, a hammam, saunas and rooftop Jacuzzis in Bagnères-de-Bigorre. The Grands Thermes offer thermal treatments in the fields of rheumatology, psychosomatic disorders and respiratory diseases.
Geographical location
In the surrounding area, the “Navettes Bagnères <> La Mongie” shuttle service connects Bagnères-de-Bigorre with La Mongie.
For the higher-level travel overview: Hautes-Pyrénées.
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