Brest travel guide
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Visit Brest: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Brest is situated in the Finistere department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 52 km from Quimper, the department capital. (General information: Brest is 505 km from Paris and 537 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Brest: these include Camaret at 15 km and Crozon at 16 km.
Saint-Renan is a listed 'recommended detour' at 11km and Armorique is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 19km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Brest: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Brest, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Brest
See France This Way travel guides for Finistere and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Brest.
Note that all distances from Brest shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Brest holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Brest (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 Brittany and Finistere 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 Brest and wondering what to do next!
- Beautiful Villages: Locronan (39km) : Ile-de-Sein (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Renan (11km) :
- Grand Site of France: Pointe du Raz (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Brest & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brest
Canton: Brest
Arrondissement: Brest
Department: Finistere
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 29200
Distance to Brest
from Quimper: 52 km
from Paris: 505 km
from Calais: 537 km
from Nice: 1045 km
from Bordeaux: 495 km
from Strasbourg: 901 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Brest): Bohars and Guilers.
Getting here
Finistere is in the north-west of France. Most visitors Most UK visitors arrive by car from one of the many cross-channel ports along the Brittany and Normandy coast. These are typically within 2 hours drive. For driving distances to Brest from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Brest