To recover from a day playing sportor enjoy the nearby surroundings, you can:

• Relax at Aquensis and take care of yourself
• Head to the Coustous to discover the market and the covered market quarter and enjoy the products of the region (black pork from Bigorre, onions from Trébons…)
• Visit the grottos of Médous and observe their galleries on board a boat
• Try your luck at the Casino for the more playful visitors, or eat in the restaurant for the gourmets
• Discover the town museums: Salies Museum, Natural History Museum and Marble Museum
• Go for a family stroll to the Valley of Health or pose for a photo in front of the Allées dramatiques or the Vierge du Bédat

True Pyrenean treasures can be discovered every day and become part of a short or medium stay:

• The unmissable Pic du Midi finishing at 2,877 m in altitude, its observatory, its panoramic terrace and its glass pontoon in the sky
• Payolle, also called Little Canada, with its majestic surroundings of pine forestsand sprawling wilderness
• Lourdes, its Château Fort and its Pyrenean Museum of Arts and Tradition, its sanctuary and the Massabielle Grotto
• The Cistercian Abbey of Escaladieu, at the foot of the Château de Mauvezinand founded around 1140 
• The Château de Mauvezin, a fortress built in the Middle Ages by Gaston Febusand the site of medieval entertainment during the summer
• The Esparros Chasm, the Grottos of Bétharamand Gargas
• Saint-Bertrand-de-Commingesand the peaceful basilica Saint-Just de Valcabrère
• The Cirque de Gavarnie, a Unesco World Heritage Site, the Pont d'Espagneand Lake Gaubein Cauterets, also famous for its boiled sweets
• The Pyrenees Animal Park, home to bears, wolves and even izards

Amateur or high-level athletes, everyone will find an activity to discover or to practice alone, with friends or as a family in Bagnères and its surroundings:

• Piste skiing or snowboardingon the Grand Tourmalet, the top skiable area in the Pyrenees combining the villages of Barèges and La Mongie. For the more adventurous, preview the supervised descent of the Pic du Midi.
• Cross-country skiing, snowshoeing or dog sledding on the site of Payolle.
• Bike course on the mythical passes of the Tour de France like the Aspin and the Tourmalet nearest to the campsite, or in the neighbouring valleys of the Soulor, the Aubisque, the Peyresourde and the VTT on the various marked routes.
• Family walks, Nordic walking and more committed hikes to discover various lakes or summits, or on the countless paths of the GR10.

…but also: the Aya acrobatic park, the via ferrata in a canyon crossed by the Adour, mountain climbing, paragliding in the Campan valley,golf and mini-golf in Bagnèresand even trout fishing!

Do you need to get well or you’re looking for some comfort? You’ll find numerous wellbeing establishments:

• The Grands Thermes of Bagnères-de-Bigorre
• The thermoludiccentre Aquensis in Bagnères-de-Bigorre
• The balneotherapy centre Edenvik in Capvern-les-Bains
• The thermoludic centre Les Bains du Rocher in Cauterets
• The thermoludic centre Balnéa in Louvenvielle

Did you know?
The thermal waters of Bagnères-de-Bigorre are naturally warm and full of calcium, sulphate and magnesium.
The Grands Thermes of Bagnères de Bigorre also provide a response adapted to numerous illnesses: rheumatism and fibromyalgia, arthroses, sciatica, algodystrophy, osteoporosis, respiratory pathsand ORL, asthma, chronic bronchitis, psychosomaticillnesses linked to stress, to overwork and to sleep problems…
Aquensis and its thermoludic space of wellbeing is located a stone’s throw from the Grands Thermes. A place where thermal water in its most varied formsoffers pools, hammam, saunas et jacuzzis.

Lots of sports and cultural events take place in the town and its surroundings, notably:

• WE des Arts de la Rue
• Piano Pic Festival
• Big Bag Festival
• Salon du Livre Pyrénéen
• Concert of the Montagnard Singers
• Tennis Internationals
• Tour de France