Location: Cauterets - Argeles area in France
Nearest Airport:
Pau at 50
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Nearest Ferry:
Santander at 150
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Nearest Train:
Lourdes at 25
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Nearest Motorway:
Tarbes at 40
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Nearest Beach:
beach at 80.0
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Car: not necessary
Cauterets is a spa town, a ski resort and a commune of the Hautes-Pyrénées département, in southwestern France at an altitude of 950m. Cauterets is located 32 km southwest of Lourdes. It lies in the beautiful valley of the Gave de Cauterets and borders the Pyrenees National Park at Pont d’Espagne.
Cauterets is a well established Spa centre for “The Cure”with its thermal springs offering traditional and contemporary therapies for your well being. It is a lively town with plenty of bars and restaurants catering to your every taste. The cuisine is influenced by French, Spanish, Basque and wider European traditions Tennis enthusiasts are well catered for and you might like to try your hand in the Pelote-Basque court – best described as a kind of outdoor squash. The architecture also offers a point of interest with many differing traditional French styles. The Office de Tourism dominates the central square and the indoor market, which runs throughout the year, is another fine example.