La Croix Blanche

Very nice small hotel with lovely big room and we had a balcony onto the square which was nice. Very good location and central in the nice little town of Tarbes. Buses leave from the square and you can walk to the station which has good train connections to Lourdes, Paris, Toulouse etc. Though its quite far from the Ouibus stop and as the local buses did not stop to pick us all up at the bus stop in heavy rain where we were sheltering we arrived pretty soaking wet and exhausted at the hotel ! Thank you Alezan bus company (not !) We visited the museum of the Resistance and Deportation which was interesting and worth a visit. Also visited the Massey Gardens and went to see the Breakfit Crossfit competition at the Parc des Expositions. Tarbes has lovely shops and nice restaurants - our favourite is right near the hotel on the square - called Dolce Vita - an Italian restaurant I would recommend. We also visited An Nam right next to the hotel. Also had baguettes at the wee sandwich bar on corner of the square (there is an upstairs seating area) and ate at Domino's which has seating so is ideal. Other restaurants were closed as we were there over a weekend and it was the Monday/Tuesday. Also watch museum opening times as we missed the Hussars museum on the Tuesday as it closed that day. We visited Lourdes as well which was an interesting day out. In the hotel, Jean-Marc the owner is helpful and has put various sayings on the wall which are thought provoking ! and the rooms are themed either with horses or mountains (the third floor !!). Breakfast was good and nice and relaxed with music in the background. We chose this hotel as family members had stayed there 30 years ago so that was fun as we both had students who are studying via Erasmus type programme in Tarbes. Thanks for the stay !