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Visit Asson: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Asson is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 20 km from Pau, the department capital. (General information: Asson is 666 km from Paris and 883 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lourdes at 19 km from Asson
Popular places to visit near Asson: these include Lourdes at 19 km and Pau at 20 km.
Grottes de Betharram is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 7km and Col d'Aubisque is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 19km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Asson, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Asson
See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Asson.
Note that all distances from Asson shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Asson holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Asson (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Aquitaine and Pyrenees-Atlantiques gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Asson and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin Massey (29km) : Jardins du château de Viven (37km) : Jardin du château de Momas (38km) :
- National Monuments: Marshall Foch house (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Pau (20km) : Tarbes (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Oloron-Sainte-Marie (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Asson & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Asson
Canton: Nay-Ouest
Arrondissement: Pau
Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 64800
Distance to Asson
from Pau: 20 km
from Paris: 666 km
from Calais: 883 km
from Nice: 611 km
from Bordeaux: 190 km
from Strasbourg: 865 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Asson): Arthez-d'Asson, Benejacq, Bruges-Capbis-Mifaget, Coarraze, Igon, Lestelle-Betharram, Mirepeix and Montaut.
Getting here
Pyrenees-Atlantiques is in the south-west of France. Most visitors fly into Biarritz airport (Bordeaux is another option). Allow at least 8 hours for the drive from the cross-channel ferries. For driving distances to Asson from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Asson