Barèges: Hotels and Accommodation
Accommodation in Barèges
In winter, Barèges provides access to the ski slopes of the Grand Tourmalet ski area. Booking a hotel in Barèges can be part of your personal travel planning.
Winter and Activities
From the centre of Barèges, hiking trails, family-friendly paths and long-distance trails such as the GR10 are accessible. The Barèges Bike Park offers downhill and enduro trails, slopes for all levels, banked turns and various modules.
Barèges is also a starting point for the Pyrenean mountain stages of the Tour de France. For cyclists, the climb to the Col du Tourmalet is considered indispensable.
Thermal Spa Facilities
The Thermes de Barzun at the entrance to Barèges treat respiratory diseases. The Grands Thermes in the centre of Barèges treat rheumatological conditions and the consequences of osteoarticular trauma.
Cieléo offers thermal water treatments, including massage showers, Hydrotonic jets, revitalising baths and warm mud treatments. Cieléo is a family-friendly thermal spa in Barèges, with a 180-degree view over the rooftops of the town and the Pays Toy valley.
Nature
The Réserve naturelle du Néouvielle nature reserve is located in the vicinity of Barèges. In summer, trails lead through a protected natural landscape with around 70 lakes.
The peaks of Capet, Pène det Pouri, Pic d'Ourdégon and Soum de Lascours are located near Barèges.
Culture and History
The Église Sainte Marie-Madeleine de Barèges was built in 1846 and houses the holy-water font from the Saint-Justin hermitage above the town. The Promenade Horizontale is a historic, level walking path created in the mid-19th century to rehabilitate war soldiers.
In the wider regional area around Barèges are the historic site of Abbaye Saint-Savin-en-Lavedan, the Château Fort castle, the historic site of Maison paternelle de Bernadette and the Chapelle des Templiers church.
To the general travel overview: Hautes-Pyrénées.
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