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Tarbes ​((oc)Tarba)
Tarbes town hall
Information
Country	France
Regions	Midi-Pyrenees ​Hautes-Pyrenees
Watercourse	Adour, Eche, Gespe
Altitude	Between 284 and326 m
Area	15,33 km²
Population	40 900 hab. (2014)
Density	2 667,97 inhab./km²
Nice	Tarbais (e)
Postal code	65000
Telephone prefix	33 5 62
Spindle	UTC 01:00, UTC 02:00
Location
43 ° 13 ′ 51 ″ N 0 ° 4 ′ 21 ″ E
Official site
Touristic site
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Tarbes is a town and the capital of the department of Hautes-Pyrenees in the South West of France. It is also the historic capital of the Bigorre.

Understand

Dominated by the Pyrenees, Tarbes is a city marked by its military history and the renewal of its industry. Its gardens serve as showcases for the rich residences of former industrialists or notables. We have fun in old factories. We honor the horse (Equestria, Haras National ...), the army (statue and birthplace of Marshal Foch, museum of the Deportation and Resistance, museum of the Hussars ...) and the Pyrenees (fountain of the Four - Valleys, House of the Pyrenees National Park ...). You can enjoy the tranquility of the climate just a stone's throw from the spas or winter sports.

To go

By plane

• 43.1864980.0034761 Tarbes Lourdes Pyrénées Airport (IATA : LDE) Ossun,   33 5 62 32 92 22, fax : 33 5 62 32 93 71 Free parking, Maligne bus in connection with Tarbes or Lourdes for 2 € (~ 2.21 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 2.99 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ $ 2.41 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 1 311.21 F CFA - price of 04/27/2021). – Connection with Paris and several European cities (Brussels, Rome, Madrid, London ...) (last update Feb. 2018)

By train

• 43.2402370.0694982 Tarbes station Free shuttle to downtown. – Partial TGV connection with Paris and the northern half of France (Strasbourg, Lille) via Bordeaux, Corail connections via Toulouse with Paris or the South-East (Montpellier, Lyon, etc.), access to the French and Spanish Basques via Dax. (last update Feb. 2018)

By car

• 43.2228630.0265223 A64 motorway, exit 12 Tarbes Ouest free alternative axis: D817. – Direct connection with Pau and the French Basque Country (Bayonne) and indirect connection with Bordeaux (via the onerous A65), Aragon (Zaragoza) or the Spanish Basque Country (San Sebastian, Bilbao, etc.) (last update Feb. 2018)

• 43.2126050.1087474 A64 motorway, exit 13 Tarbes Est free section if exit at Capvern-les-Bains, free parking for co-drivers. – Direct connection with Toulouse, partially free route to Paris and the northern half, indirect connection with the South-East (Narbonne, Montpellier, Lyon, etc.) (last update Feb. 2018)

Circulate

Alezan bus network  – The airport, train station, car parks and entertainment venues (Méridien, Arsenal, Palais des Sports, Parc des Expositions, etc.) are connected to the Alezan bus network, the main information centers of which are located in the bus stations of Place Verdun and Place au Bois. 1 free electric shuttle runs through the city center. (last updated Apr 2015)

• 43.2335410.0738575 Brauhauban market  – Paid municipal overhead parking near the shops on rue Maréchal Foch (last update Feb. 2018)

• 43.2335410.0738576 Verdun Square  – Bus station, private underground pay parking near restaurants, cafes, bars and hotels (last update Feb. 2018)

• 43.231290.0837067 Place Marcadieu free. – Free parking outside market days (Thursday) and fairs, very busy in the immediate vicinity of downtown shops, shuttles from the exhibition center on market days (last updated Apr 2015)

• 43.2297270.0839218 Place du Foirail free. – Very busy free car park in the immediate vicinity of the city center (last update Feb. 2018)

• 43.2301960.0801349 Place au Bois  – Bus station, free parking (last update Feb. 2018)

To see

• 43.2291670.0688891 Tarbes National Stud 70, rue du Régiment de Bigorre,   335 62 56 31 01, fax : 335 62 51 20 31 – green horse training and show place with a horse museum (last update March 2015)
• 43.2380.07612 Massey Garden Achille Jubinal Street,   33 5 62 44 36 95 Free access to the gardens, Museum price: 5 € (~ 5.53 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 7.49 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ $ 6.04 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 3 278.03 F CFA - price of 04/27/2021). – remarkable garden setting of a Moorish-style museum dedicated to the Hussars, a cloister from the abbey of Saint-Sever-de-Rustan, an orangery and animated by a small train and a small animal park (last update March 2015)
• 43.2412320.0790723 Arsenal district Free access. – remains of buildings and elevation mechanisms ... of 19th century artillery workshops and ceramic factories (last update March 2015)
• 43.2305870.0733214 Alleys of General Leclerc Free access. – martial avenue extended by a street with colorful lighting bringing together, the equestrian statue of Marshal Foch, the Larrey military barracks, commemorative monuments, a carousel, the tourist office, a chapel converted into a music conservatory and a luxury hotel contemporary (last update March 2015)
• 43.2241220.0691045 Soult district Free access. – tree-lined paths leading to the 35th parachute artillery regiment where a Noratlas (military transport aircraft) is displayed (last update March 2015)
• 43.2321420.0778386 Rue Maréchal Foch Free access. – main shopping street with eclectic buildings from the XIX^e and XX^e century, the town hall, the courthouse and giving access to the contemporary Brauhauban market and a replica of the Alhambra fountain (last update March 2015)
• 43.2330020.0758747 Brauhauban Street Free access. – secondary pedestrian shopping street where the homes of famous people (Bertrand Barère, Théophile Gautier, Laurent Tailhade) and a Gothic church are visible (last update March 2015)
• 43.2311490.0832778 Place Marcadieu Free parking. – monumental fountain of the Four Valleys, representing the flora and fauna of the surrounding valleys, Baltard-type hall and Romanesque church (last update March 2015)
• 43.2340030.0696899 La Sède district  – district frequented for its restaurants housing a high school dating from the renaissance, a small cathedral with a baroque facade, the Resistance museum and the birthplace of Maréchal Foch (last update March 2015)
• 43.2243870.07730710 Ormeau district Free access. – district with multiple parks sheltering the remains of a Gallo-Roman villa and the house of the Pyrenees National Park (last update March 2015)

Do

• Laser Quest Arsenal district (last update March 2015)
• Movie theater Arsenal or Méridien district (last update March 2015)
• Bowling Arsenal district (last update March 2015)
• Nautical center Altenkirchen Avenue (Ormeau district),   33 5 62 93 69 74 – indoor and outdoor pools with slide (last update March 2015)
• Walks along the Adour or along the lakes (Tarbes, Bours, Soues) (last update March 2015)
• Golf Laloubere,   33 5 62 45 14 50 (last update March 2015)
• Hippodrome Laloubere (last update March 2015)
• Theater and live performance Théâtre des Nouvelles (44 rue Larrey), artistic residence Le Pari (21 rue Georges Clemenceau), Parvis (Méridien), Le Chaudron (Arsenal) (last update March 2015)
• Exhibition halls Carmel, Le Parvis (Méridien), L'Artelier (last updated Apr 2015)
• Concerts, shows, fairs Salle de la Gespe, Exhibition center (last update March 2015)
• Spa Bordeaux road (last update March 2015)
• Thermoludism Bagnères-de-Bigorre ... (last update March 2015)
• Ski Tourmalet ... (last update March 2015)
• Espoey Karting  (last update Feb. 2018)

To buy

Downtown (Maréchal Foch and Brauhauban streets)  – streets bringing together major national and international ready-to-wear brands (H&M, Galerie Lafayette ...), bookshops ... (last update March 2015)

• The Nursery 20 Brauhauban Street,   33 5 62 93 90 73 – boutique specializing in the sale of soft toys ... (last update March 2015)
• Gailhou Durdos 9 avenue Bertrand Barère,   33 5 62 93 82 75 – foie gras, duck breast, aiguillette, confit, pâté, cassoulet, garbure, stew, regional products. (last update March 2015)
• Royalty 33 rue Maréchal Foch,   33 5 62 93 42 43 – best worker in France pastry-chocolate maker, ice-cream maker, caterer (last update March 2015)
• Ducru (for over 150 years) 14 rue Maréchal Foch,   33 5 62 44 06 10 – tableware, gifts, decoration ... (last update March 2015)
• Élysées Perfumes (front in marble and carved wood) 10 rue Maréchal Foch,   33 5 62 93 86 31 – "niche" perfumery and beauty institute (last update March 2015)
• The good days 18 avenue de la Marne,   33 5 62 34 44 69 – bookstore with beautiful carpentry (last update March 2015)
• Radio Modeling Tarbes 5 Massey Street,   33 5 62 34 40 97 – models, scale models (last update March 2015)
• BD.vore 1 rue Georges Magnoac,   33 5 62 93 12 97 – sale of comics, manga and derivative objects (last update March 2015)

The Meridian Ibos – large shopping center on the outskirts of town (last update March 2015)

Eat

You will find around the Place de Verdun a set of traditional cafes and bistros and in the Sède district several restaurants of French or Hispanic tradition (Route 66, l'Epicerie, l'Ambroisie ...)

• 43.2340160.0698181 The Renaissance of Ambrosia 48, rue Abbé Torné,   33 6 59 15 83 34, 33 6 59 14 50 62 (cellphone) – French tradition restaurant (last update March 2015)
• 43.237820.071152 The Little Gourmand 62 avenue Bertrand Barere,   33 5 62 34 26 86  Sun. : 12 h 00 - 13 h 30, Tue.- Fri. : 12 h 00 - 13 h 30 and19 h 30 - 21 h 30, sat. : 19 h 30 - 21 h 30. – game, cocotes, quality bistro (last update March 2020)
• 43.2040890.0394343 Aragon route de Tarbes, Juillan,   33 5 62 32 07 07 – 2 restaurants: one quality and one bistro type (last update March 2020)
• 43.2330530.0732064 Very Sushic 5 Avenue du Marché Brauhauban,   33 5 62 54 44 00 – trendy Japanese restaurant (last update March 2015)
• 43.2323830.0733375 The Unik 8-10 Gambetta lessons,   33 5 62 54 44 00 – trendy restaurant (last update March 2015)
• 43.2330490.0738366 The Patati 5 place de Verdun,   33 5 62 56 99 31 – quality fast food in an original setting (last update March 2015)
• 43.241240.0776237 Micky's Diner avenue des Forges,   33 5 62 93 63 76 – fast food in a decor straight out of the 1950s (last updated Apr 2015)

Have a drink / Go out

• 43.2412130.0780851 La Plancha 9, avenue des Forges,   33 5 62 31 82 87 – wine bar, tapas (last update March 2015)
• 43.2311340.0752652 Etal 32 Brauhauban Hall,   33 5 62 31 82 87 – wine and tapas bar run by three friends (last update March 2015)
• 43.2319780.0724043 Celtic (NoTaPuB) 1 rue de l'Harmonie (100 meters from Place Verdun, via avenue du Régiment de Bigorre (direction Bagnères)), e-mail : [email protected]  Tue.- sat. : 17 h - 2 h. – NoTaPuB and post-modern scene with decoration and quirky clientele, but often much more elegant than one would like to believe. Frequent concerts, especially from Thursday to Saturday, all styles of music, as long as it's not soup! (last update Feb. 2018)
• Pub les Galopins Arsenal district (last update March 2015)
• Cozy Club Arsenal district (last update March 2015)

Housing

• 43.2321730.0735571 The Rex Hotel allées Leclerc (cente ville) – contemporary luxury hotel with a colorful lively facade (last update March 2015)
• 43.24080.07562 The NexHotel (Arsenal and train station district)  – contemporary hotel with a neat design and close to entertainment venues (last update March 2015)
• 43.2332760.0742923 Hotel Foch Verdun Square – city-center hotel mixing tradition and modernity with its trompe-l'oeil and purple lighting on the facade ... (last update March 2015)
• 43.2316560.0849114 Hotel de La Marne Marcadieu Square – mid-range city center hotel with a dynamic green facade offering a view of the Pyrenees mountain range (last update March 2015)
• 43.243755-0.0020365 The Wood Cottage Ibos – Country hotel with thatched roof and swimming pool near town (last update March 2015)
• 43.2216760.0267916 Everhotel Ibos – Wooden motel close to the highway with a swimming pool. (last update March 2015)
• 43.2773080.118567 Chateau d'Orleix Orleix – Bed and breakfast in the framework of a typical bourgeois residence near Tarbes. (last update March 2015)

Communicate

Around

• Ibos  – monumental gothic collegiate church dating from the 14th^e century where many concerts are organized (last update Feb. 2018)
• Saint-Sever-de-Rustan  – Abbey of Saint-Server-de-Rustan, Benedictan monastery rebuilt in the 18th century^e century. (last update Feb. 2018)
• Visker  – Plane trees of Visker, double point of view on the plain of Tarbes and the chain of the Pyrenees (last update Feb. 2018)
• July  – Altarpiece of the church. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 43.0641670.1497221 Bagnères-de-Bigorre  – Spa town which enjoyed its golden age in the 19th century^e century. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 43.095-0.0452782 Lourdes  – Pilgrimage center dominated by a fortified castle. (last update Feb. 2018)
• Mauvezin  – medieval castle rebuilt by enthusiasts (last update Feb. 2018)
• Esparros  – Gouffre d'Esparros, geological treasures (last update Feb. 2018)
• Pic du Midi de Bigorre  – astronomical observatory offering a view of the entire Pyrenees chain (last update Feb. 2018)
• Circus of Gavarnie  – world famous glacial circus (last update Feb. 2018)