Bois-de-Cene travel guide
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Visit Bois-de-Cene: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bois-de-Cene is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 45 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Bois-de-Cene is 381 km from Paris and 523 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Pornic at 26 km from Bois-de-Cene
Popular places to visit near Bois-de-Cene: these include Pornic at 26 km and Saint Gilles Croix de Vie at 27 km.
Marais de Machecoul is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 8km and Saint-Jean-de-Monts is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' 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 Bois-de-Cene, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bois-de-Cene
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 Bois-de-Cene.
Note that all distances from Bois-de-Cene shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bois-de-Cene holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bois-de-Cene (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 Bois-de-Cene and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des plantes (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Jean-de-Monts (21km) : Notre-Dame-de-Monts (22km) : Nantes (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Bois-de-Cene & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bois-de-Céné
Canton: Challans
Arrondissement: Sables-d'Olonne
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85710
Distance to Bois-de-Cene
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 45 km
from Paris: 381 km
from Calais: 523 km
from Nice: 800 km
from Bordeaux: 254 km
from Strasbourg: 743 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bois-de-Cene): Chateauneuf and La Garnache.
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 Bois-de-Cene from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bois-de-Cene