Balansun travel guide

Balansun photo, taken in Orthez France

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Visit Balansun: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Balansun is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 34 km from Pau, the department capital. (General information: Balansun is 641 km from Paris and 851 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Orthez at 6 km from Balansun

Popular places to visit near Balansun: these include Orthez at 6 km and Salies-de-Bearn at 18 km.

Hagetmau is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 20km and Jardin du château de Momas is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 21km. 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 Balansun, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Balansun

photo of Orthez
Orthez 6km
photo of Pau
Pau 34km
photo of Dax
Dax 37km

See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Balansun.

Note that all distances from Balansun shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Balansun holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Balansun (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 Balansun and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Momas (21km) : Jardins du château de Viven (27km) : Parc du Sarrat (37km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: La Bastide-Clairence (45km) :
  3. Town / village in bloom 4*: Hagetmau (20km) : Pau (34km) : Mont-de-Marsan (47km) :
  4. Towns of Art and History: Oloron-Sainte-Marie (34km) :

Map of places to visit near Balansun & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Balansun

Canton: Orthez

Arrondissement: Pau

Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques

Region: Aquitaine

Postcode: 64300

Distance to Balansun

from Pau: 34 km

from Paris: 641 km

from Calais: 851 km

from Nice: 642 km

from Bordeaux: 150 km

from Strasbourg: 863 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Balansun): Argagnon, Biron, Castetis, Castetner, Hagetaubin, Lacadee, Maslacq, Mesplede, Sallespisse and Sarpourenx.

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 Balansun from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Balansun