Tarbes in December
In December, the city lights up to offer a fairy-tale setting that will make children and adults dream.
The city center is transformed into a playground with many animations around the Christmas holidays!
Event from 7 December 2024 to 5 January 2025
Welcome to the Christmas village and its animations!
What a joy to find the Christmas village and its small chalets of merchants with original gift ideas, delicacies, specialties from here and elsewhere, illuminations and the inevitable ice rink!
Enjoy the holiday cheer with:
- THE CHRISTMAS VILLAGE, open every day from 10am to 8pm except December 24 and 31 from 10am to 6pm + December 25 and January 1 from 3pm to 7pm.
- THE ICE RINK open every day from 10am to 8pm (except for exceptional hours)
- THE CARROUSEL open every day from 10am to 8pm (except special hours)
- THE CARRIAGE from December 26 to 31 from 14h to 17h30
- NEW: The Christmas Bubbles every day on the Place Verdun + The Moon Parade on Friday, December 13 from 5:30 pm to 7 pm from the Place Jean Jaurès
- AND MANY OTHERS: Santa Claus, The Pyrenean Singers, The wheel of fortune, The Fire Department’s sleigh, On your skis! , Amae, The boom of kids, The South choir, opening shops on Sundays, Advent calendar, The Hunt for elves etc…
For the holidays, the city of Tarbes offers parking on weekends in December!
The green and red zones, the Verdun parking lot and the Brauhauban parking lot are free from 8am to 7pm:
- Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 December
- Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 December
- Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 December
- Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 December
Organisation contact details
Mairie de Tarbes
15 Place Jean Jaurès
BP 31329 – 65013 Tarbes Cedex 9
Rates
Christmas Village: free entry
Ice rink: 4 € (single rate for 1 hour)
Skating Loyalty Card: 5 tickets purchased = 1 free
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