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Visit Bessay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bessay is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 26 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Bessay is 368 km from Paris and 538 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Marans at 28 km from Bessay
Popular places to visit near Bessay: these include Marans at 28 km and Fontenay-le-Comte at 28 km.
Jardins de Chaligny is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 3km and Jardins du Bâtiment is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km. 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 Bessay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bessay
See France This Way travel guides for Vendee and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bessay.
Note that all distances from Bessay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bessay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bessay (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 Vendee 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 Bessay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Chaligny (3km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (11km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Vouvant (30km) : La Flotte-en-Re (41km) : Ars-en-Re (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (30km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (35km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (37km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (38km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (28km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (28km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Bessay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bessay
Canton: Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
Arrondissement: Roche-sur-Yon
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85320
Distance to Bessay
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 26 km
from Paris: 368 km
from Calais: 538 km
from Nice: 732 km
from Bordeaux: 194 km
from Strasbourg: 705 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 Bessay): Corpe, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais, Moutiers-sur-le-Lay, Peault, Saint-Jean-de-Beugne and Sainte-Pexine.
Getting here
Vendee is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to Bessay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bessay