DISCOVER TARBES WITH YOUR SMARTPHONE :

Since the middle of April, the Tourist office set up an application for mobile phones : "Tarbes tourism".

Compatible with all the smartphones (iPhone and Androïd), it allows you to access the tarbaise tourist information at any time and it's free of charge, in French, English and Spanish.

It contains a schedule of holidays and demonstrations, informations about hotels and restaurants and allows you to make an e-stroll in the discovery of fourteen symbolic places of the city on which of the QR codes facilitates the access to these informations. You only have to flash these "barcodes" with your smartphone to obtain a real audioguide in three languages : a new technology for a modernization of the discovery of the tarbais heritage!

DISCOVER THE MASSEY GARDEN IN TARBES :

http://www.parcsetjardins.fr/midi_pyrenees/hautes_pyrenees/jardin_massey-410.html

http://www.tarbes.fr/f/Jardin-Massey/152/348/1

http://www.tarbes-tourisme.fr/decouvrir/jardins/detail/PCUMID065FS0003T/liste/1/le_jardin_massey.html

And many others discoveries await you !

THE HAUTES-PYRÉNÉES BE HA PY! The region is full of little nooks and great places to discover or rediscover. They invite you as a privileged guest. Because you are at their home, at your home ...« THE BIG SLAM OF HAUTES-PYRÉNÉES »

“LE PIC DU MIDI” :

http://www.picdumidi.com/

You will admire waterfalls, of Lutour or Cerisey, legendary lake of Gaube which inspired in the last century our biggest romantic poets. You will see maybe the reflection of Vignemale (3 298 m) there, cradle of the pyrénéisme.

http://www.cauterets.com/

http://www.tourisme-hautes-pyrenees.com/web/FR/1828-cauterets-pont-d-espagne.php

http://www.lourdes-infotourisme.com/web/FR/128-pont-d-espagne.php

http://www.tourisme-midi-pyrenees.com/accueil/a-voir-a-faire/visites-decouvertes/les-grands-sites-de-midi-pyrenees/ouvrages-dart-et-sites-naturels/pont-despagne

The Cirque de Gavarnie is the most representative and the also most known, leaned in the National park of Ordesa Mont Perdu in Spain, Gavarnie, Estaubé, Troumouse, Héas, constitute the jewel of the country of the Mount Lost, registered by the UNESCO on the world heritage of the humanity. Magic landscape, complicity between the man and the nature, the local history, the exceptional is here approachable to all all year round.

http://ete.gavarnie.com/

http://fr.lourdes-france.org/

http://fr.lourdes-france.org/tv-lourdes/

http://www.lourdes-infotourisme.com/

http://www.lourdes.fr/

http://www.lourdes-france.com/index.php/fr/

Places of exceptions await only you !

JANUARY, Les Petits As : World championship of Tennis of 12/14 the years, it is one of the most important in the category of the juniors.

http://www.lespetitsas.com/

JUNE, The Feasts of Tarbes : Tarbes plunges you four days in the holiday spirit of the Southwest with the colors of yellow and red bandanas.

http://www.tarbes.fr/

http://www.tarbes-tourisme.fr/fetes_de_tarbes

JUNE, Carrier of esthetics, culture and social link, vibrating  and moving, the polyphony is an always renewed collective creation where harmony and peculiarity of the voices join  to train a group in which they unite in vibrating and passionate tones. 

http://www.tarbes.fr/gp/Tarba-en-Canta/340/0

http://www.tarbes-tourisme.fr/tarba_en_canta

JULY, Equestria : For 17 years, during Equestria, Tarbes becomes the epicenter of the equestrian creation where every cavalier artist, where he is professional or amateur, must be there ... The originality of Equestria lives in the fact that it is not a lounge of the horse but a festival dedicated to the equestrian art under all its forms. Here, you will see the horses dancing !

http://www.festivalequestria.com/

AUGUST, Tarbes in Tango : With more than 80 artists from Buenos Aires and 12 000 festival goers, Tarbes becomes for 9 days the European capital of the dance, music and Argentine culture.

http://tarbesentango.fr/

http://www.bigorre.org/culture/festivals/festival_de_tango_de_tarbes.htm

http://65.agendaculturel.fr/festival/tarbes-en-tango-2013.html

AUGUST, Jazz in Marciac : Marciac becomes the capital of the Jazz. During its festival, Jazz in Marciac presents a series of shows in addition to traditional jazz concerts, in the marquee. Between illustrious jazzmen and young musicians, the eclectic choice of the programming in Astrada should satisfy the curiosity of a public always eager for discovery.

http://www.jazzinmarciac.com/

SEPTEMBER, International Festival of Military Music : Heir of the big parades of former days, the International Festival of Military Music will keep his friendly and popular character. Tarbes is for decades a garrison town, it is a member of the history, of her heritage.

http://www.tarbes.fr/gp/Festival-International-de-Musique-Militaire/113/0

LIEN :https://www.facebook.com/pages/Festival-international-de-musique-militaire-de-Tarbes/198461740260605?sk=info

And so much more!

Tourism Office - 3 Cours Gambetta, Tarbes - 05 62 51 30 31

www.tarbes.com

Tourism Office of Bagnères-de-Bigorre - 3 Allée Tournefort, Bagnères-de-Bigorre - 05 62 95 50 71

www.bagneresdebigorre-lamongie.com

Tourism Office - 2 Place Urbain Cazaux, Barèges - 05 62 92 16 00

Activities « green » : walks, jogging directly accessible from the hotel

- The Green Line - rural and urban tracking,

http://www.legrandtarbes.fr/gp/Le-Trait-Vert/208/0

DOWNLOAD : http://www.ville-ibos.fr/txtphotos/fichiers/651.pdf

- The Caminadour - pedestrian paths, bicycles on edge of the Adour river, accessible at 20 minute walk from the Green Line,

http://www.legrandtarbes.fr/gp/Le-CaminAdour/209/0

http://www.pyrenees-pireneus.com/Montagne/Randonnee/Voies-Vertes/Grand-Tarbes/Rando-TraitVert.htm

- The Bois de Labarthe and its fitness trail, just a 10 minute walk from the Green Line,

http://www.apnp.fr/randonnees/autour-de-tarbes-les-coteaux-est-et-le-bois-de-labarthe-19-km/

http://www.legrandtarbes.fr/gp/n%C2%B0--Les-Bois-de-Labarthe/344/0

- Lake Soues - just a 15 minutes walk from the Green Line.

http://www.tourisme-hautes-pyrenees.com/web/FR/2166-lacs-de-loisirs.php

http://nospyrenees.hebergratuit.com/30-10%20le%20lac%20de%20Soues.htm

Activities with sensations: rafting, tree climbing, rock climbing, bungee jumping ...

Activities for relaxation, reflexology, detente ... by reservation at the hotel.

Discovery activities : training conference on sustainable architecture, discovery of bioclimatic architecture ...

In winter: Cross Country Skiing, alpine skiing, snowshoeing... with family or friends... The 8 stations Pyrénéennes welcome you all to enjoy: Peyragudes, Piau, The Grand Tourmalet Barèges La Mongie, Luz Ardiden, Pic du Midi, Cauterets, Gourette, La Pierre Saint-Martin...