Bretignolles-sur-Mer travel guide
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Visit Bretignolles-sur-Mer: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bretignolles-sur-Mer is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 33 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Bretignolles-sur-Mer is 400 km from Paris and 552 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint Gilles Croix de Vie at 10 km from Bretignolles-sur-Mer
Popular places to visit near Bretignolles-sur-Mer: these include Saint Gilles Croix de Vie at 10 km and Sables d'Olonne at 16 km.
Saint-Jean-de-Monts is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 24km and Notre-Dame-de-Monts is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 31km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Bretignolles-sur-Mer: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Bretignolles-sur-Mer, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bretignolles-sur-Mer
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 Bretignolles-sur-Mer.
Note that all distances from Bretignolles-sur-Mer shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bretignolles-sur-Mer holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bretignolles-sur-Mer (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 Bretignolles-sur-Mer and wondering what to do next!
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Jean-de-Monts (24km) : Notre-Dame-de-Monts (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Bretignolles-sur-Mer & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bretignolles-sur-Mer
Canton: Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
Arrondissement: Sables-d'Olonne
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85470
Distance to Bretignolles-sur-Mer
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 33 km
from Paris: 400 km
from Calais: 552 km
from Nice: 785 km
from Bordeaux: 223 km
from Strasbourg: 752 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 Bretignolles-sur-Mer): Brem-sur-Mer, Givrand, La Chaize-Giraud and Landevieille.
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 Bretignolles-sur-Mer from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bretignolles-sur-Mer