Briscous travel guide
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Visit Briscous: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Briscous is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 80 km from Pau, the department capital. (General information: Briscous is 663 km from Paris and 867 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Bastide-Clairence at 7 km from Briscous
Popular places to visit near Briscous: these include La Bastide-Clairence at 7 km and Bayonne at 12 km.
La Bastide-Clairence is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km and Jardins de la villa Arnaga is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km. 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 Briscous, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Briscous
See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Briscous.
Note that all distances from Briscous shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Briscous holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Briscous (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 Briscous and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la villa Arnaga (13km) : Parc du Sarrat (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Bastide-Clairence (7km) : Ainhoa (22km) : Sare (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Anglet (15km) :
Map of places to visit near Briscous & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Briscous
Canton: Bastide-Clairence
Arrondissement: Bayonne
Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 64240
Distance to Briscous
from Pau: 80 km
from Paris: 663 km
from Calais: 867 km
from Nice: 693 km
from Bordeaux: 165 km
from Strasbourg: 902 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 Briscous): Lahonce, Saint-Barthelemy, Urcuit and Urt.
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 Briscous from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Briscous