Guidebook for Labastide-Paumès
Food Scene
le Toscan
32 Bd des Martyrs de MeilhanCafe/restaurant with a warm welcome and great food. Sometimes live music.
Great restaurant serving very traditional food in very large quantities. A must for duck lovers! Go for Sunday lunch but book a table as it will be packed with local families.
10 locals recommend
Chez Jeanne La Fermière
Le VillageGreat restaurant serving very traditional food in very large quantities. A must for duck lovers! Go for Sunday lunch but book a table as it will be packed with local families.
Le Lias
Les 4 RoutesFriendly staff, nice surroundings and very good food.
Great value set 'workman's lunch' - 3 courses with wine for about 13€ - great food.
8 locals recommend
L'Auberge Champêtre
D17Great value set 'workman's lunch' - 3 courses with wine for about 13€ - great food.
Sightseeing
This is an incredibly moving memorial to 70 resistance fighters killed in a seige , holed up in a farm during the second world war. The ruined farm complete with exploded cars and machinery and the graves of the resistance fighters and four hostages shot after the battle are well worth a visit.
Maquis de Meilhan
This is an incredibly moving memorial to 70 resistance fighters killed in a seige , holed up in a farm during the second world war. The ruined farm complete with exploded cars and machinery and the graves of the resistance fighters and four hostages shot after the battle are well worth a visit.
Beautiful hilltop town with a cathedral which is a place of pilgrimage on the 'Camino de Santiago'. Park at the bottom and walk up to the ancient walled town.
130 locals recommend
Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
Beautiful hilltop town with a cathedral which is a place of pilgrimage on the 'Camino de Santiago'. Park at the bottom and walk up to the ancient walled town.
Rieux-Volvestre
Attractive medieval riverside village.
Auch
A lovely little city at the heart of Armagnac country. Home of D'Artagnan!
Great city - spend a day strolling through the narrow streets of the old city, enjoy the quirky shops, riverbank, historic buildings and good restaurants.
329 locals recommend
Toulouse
Great city - spend a day strolling through the narrow streets of the old city, enjoy the quirky shops, riverbank, historic buildings and good restaurants.
A beautiful riverside market town in the Pyrenees. A good place to stop for lunch during a trip into the mountains.
29 locals recommend
Arreau
A beautiful riverside market town in the Pyrenees. A good place to stop for lunch during a trip into the mountains.
An easy drive into the mountains to this ski resort with plenty of restaurants. The road from Arreau to Bagneres de Luchon is a stunning half hour drive.
79 locals recommend
Bagnères-de-Luchon
An easy drive into the mountains to this ski resort with plenty of restaurants. The road from Arreau to Bagneres de Luchon is a stunning half hour drive.
The heart of Cathar country, the ancient walled city of Carcassonne is a must. Not to be missed.
482 locals recommend
Carcassonne
The heart of Cathar country, the ancient walled city of Carcassonne is a must. Not to be missed.
A lovely town with a large, vibrant market, castle and good restaurants. A good lunch stop when heading to Monsegur or Carcassonne.
86 locals recommend
Foix
Château des Comtes de FoixA lovely town with a large, vibrant market, castle and good restaurants. A good lunch stop when heading to Monsegur or Carcassonne.
Anyone who's read 'Labyrinth' or is fascinated by the Cathars will know Monségur - site on the top of a limestone rock (worth the climb) of the nine-month siege of the Cathar-held Château de Montségur by French royal forces starting in May 1243. After the castle surrendered, about 210 Cathars were burned in a bonfire at the foot of the hill on 16 March 1244.
22 locals recommend
Monségur
Anyone who's read 'Labyrinth' or is fascinated by the Cathars will know Monségur - site on the top of a limestone rock (worth the climb) of the nine-month siege of the Cathar-held Château de Montségur by French royal forces starting in May 1243. After the castle surrendered, about 210 Cathars were burned in a bonfire at the foot of the hill on 16 March 1244.
If you've read 'Sepulchre' you should definitely visit Rennes-le-Chateau to discover the truth behind the story (and some fantastic scenery).
112 locals recommend
Rennes le chateau
If you've read 'Sepulchre' you should definitely visit Rennes-le-Chateau to discover the truth behind the story (and some fantastic scenery).
Parks & Nature
The highest peak in 'our' bit of the Pyrenees (visible from Barès), there is a cable-car up to the observatory. Well worth the visit.
210 locals recommend
Pic du Midi de Bigorre
The highest peak in 'our' bit of the Pyrenees (visible from Barès), there is a cable-car up to the observatory. Well worth the visit.
Impossible to select just one or two places in the Pyrenees - at just over an hour away, if you can see the mountains clearly from Barès then it's a good day to go there and explore the magnificent scenery.
60 locals recommend
Pyrenees
11 Av. MeritxellImpossible to select just one or two places in the Pyrenees - at just over an hour away, if you can see the mountains clearly from Barès then it's a good day to go there and explore the magnificent scenery.
Shopping
A Saturday morning market and well-stocked supermarket. Also an attractive bastide (fortified) town on the river.
13 locals recommend
L'Isle-en-Dodon
A Saturday morning market and well-stocked supermarket. Also an attractive bastide (fortified) town on the river.
Intermarché Super
Route de ToulouseThe nearest supermarket to Barès.
A larger supermarket with a wider range just outside the medieval village of Lombez.
Intermarche Lombez
A larger supermarket with a wider range just outside the medieval village of Lombez.