Location: Gers in France
Nearest Airport:
Toulouse or Pau at 70
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Nearest Train:
Auch or Tarbes at 30
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Nearest Motorway:
Tarbes at 30
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Car: recommended
Mielan is situated midway between Auch and Tarbes. It is ideally situated to explore - an hour north of the Pyrenees and Spanish border, approximately 2 hours to the Atlantic and only slightly longer to the Mediterranean coast.
The Gers is the home of the three musketeers and Toulouse Lautrec and is famous for its cuisine (particularly foie gras) and wines, madiran, floc and armagnac.
The famous religious town of Lourdes is approx 1/2 hour away
Annual International Jazz and Country Music festivals are held in neighbouring villages.
Nearest airports are Tarbes-Lourdes, Pau and Toulouse and TGV station - Tarbes.