Bayonne travel guide
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Visit Bayonne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bayonne is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 92 km from Pau, the department capital. (General information: Bayonne is 665 km from Paris and 866 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Bayonne (page also includes a photo gallery for Bayonne)
Popular places to visit near Bayonne: these include Anglet at 3 km and Biarritz at 7 km.
Anglet is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 3km and Marais d'Orx is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Bayonne: Bayonne has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Bayonne, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bayonne
See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bayonne.
Note that all distances from Bayonne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bayonne holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bayonne (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 Bayonne and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la villa Arnaga (16km) : Parc du Sarrat (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Bastide-Clairence (19km) : Ainhoa (21km) : Sare (22km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Anglet (3km) :
Map of places to visit near Bayonne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bayonne
Canton: Bayonne
Arrondissement: Bayonne
Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 64100
Distance to Bayonne
from Pau: 92 km
from Paris: 665 km
from Calais: 866 km
from Nice: 704 km
from Bordeaux: 166 km
from Strasbourg: 909 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bayonne): Anglet, Bassussarry, Boucau, Mouguerre, Saint-Pierre-d'Irube and Tarnos.
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 Bayonne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bayonne