Grand Tourmalet
Grand Tourmalet is in Barèges, Arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost, Occitanie. Grand Tourmalet is situated nearby to the pitch Bareges-tourmalet, as well as near the aerodrome Altisurface du Plateau de Monhaillat.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Col du Tourmalet and Pic du Midi de Bigorre.
Col du Tourmalet
Mountain saddle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Col du Tourmalet is one of the highest paved mountain passes in the French Pyrenees, in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées. Sainte-Marie-de-Campan is at the foot on the eastern side and the ski station La Mongie two-thirds of the way up.
Pic du Midi de Bigorre
Peak
Photo: Nathan Hamblen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pic du Midi de Bigorre or simply the Pic du Midi is a mountain in the French Pyrenees. It is the site of the Pic du Midi Observatory. Pic du Midi de Bigorre is situated 3 km north of Grand Tourmalet.
The Giant of Tourmalet
Memorial
Photo: Adolfobrigido, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Giant of Tourmalet, frequently nicknamed Octave in honor of Octave Lapize, the first rider to cross the Col du Tourmalet in the Tour in 1910, is a monumental sculpture created by Jean-Bernard Métais and installed for part of the year at the Col du Tourmalet in France. The Giant of Tourmalet is situated 780 metres east of Grand Tourmalet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Artigues and Barèges.
Artigues
Locality
Photo: Etienne Baudon, Public domain.
Artigues is a locality, which is situated 6 km east of Grand Tourmalet.
Barèges
Village
Photo: Ottaviani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barèges is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, administrative region of Occitania, southwestern France. It is situated in the valley of the Bastan on the former Route nationale 618 on the western side of the Col du Tourmalet. Barèges is situated 6 km west of Grand Tourmalet.
Sers
Village
Photo: Ottaviani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sers is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. Sers is situated 8 km west of Grand Tourmalet.
Grand Tourmalet
- Type: Winter sport
- Category: sports location
- Location: Barèges, Arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude
42.91018° or 42° 54′ 37″ northLongitude
0.13578° or 0° 8′ 9″ eastOpen location code
8FJ2W46P+38OpenStreetMap ID
way 1254206235OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=winter_sports
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