La Baule travel guide
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Visit La Baule: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Baule is situated in the Loire-Atlantique department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 60 km from Nantes, the department capital. (General information: La Baule is 393 km from Paris and 511 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see La Baule (page also includes a photo gallery for La Baule)
Popular places to visit near La Baule: these include Le Pouliguen at 3 km and Pornichet at 4 km.
Pornichet is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 4km and Guerande is a listed 'recommended detour' at 5km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for La Baule: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near La Baule, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Baule
See France This Way travel guides for Loire-Atlantique and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Baule.
Note that all distances from La Baule shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Baule holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Baule (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 France and Loire-Atlantique 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 La Baule and wondering what to do next!
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Pornichet (4km) : Rochefort-en-Terre (46km) : La Vraie-Croix (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vannes (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Guerande (5km) :
Map of places to visit near La Baule & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Baule-Escoublac
Canton: Baule-Escoublac
Arrondissement: Saint-Nazaire
Department: Loire-Atlantique
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 44500
Distance to La Baule
from Nantes: 60 km
from Paris: 393 km
from Calais: 511 km
from Nice: 851 km
from Bordeaux: 306 km
from Strasbourg: 768 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Baule): Guerande, Le Pouliguen, Pornichet and Saint-Andre-Des-Eaux.
Getting here
Loire-Atlantique is in the north-west of France. Most visitors arrive by car via one of the ferry ports such as Saint-Malo or Cherbourg. Allow around 3 hours for the trip in France. For driving distances to La Baule from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Baule