Calan travel guide
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Visit Calan: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Calan is situated in the Morbihan department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 48 km from Vannes, the department capital. (General information: Calan is 433 km from Paris and 507 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lorient at 16 km from Calan
Popular places to visit near Calan: these include Lorient at 16 km and Quimperle at 17 km.
Parc Victor Chevassu is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km and Lorient is a listed 'town of art and history' at 16km. 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 Calan, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Calan
See France This Way travel guides for Morbihan and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Calan.
Note that all distances from Calan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Calan holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Calan (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 Morbihan 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 Calan and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc Victor Chevassu (14km) : Jardins de Kerambar’h (23km) : Jardin du Botrain (44km) : Parc du château de Trévarez (48km) :
- National Monuments: Megalithic site of Carnac (37km) : Megaliths of Locmariaquer (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Carnac (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Gilles-Vieux-Marche (48km) : Vannes (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Lorient (16km) : Concarneau (44km) :
- Grand Site of France: Massif Dunaire de Gavres-Quiberon (21km) :
Map of places to visit near Calan & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Calan
Canton: Plouay
Arrondissement: Lorient
Department: Morbihan
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 56240
Distance to Calan
from Vannes: 48 km
from Paris: 433 km
from Calais: 507 km
from Nice: 942 km
from Bordeaux: 398 km
from Strasbourg: 823 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 Calan): Cleguer, Inzinzac-Lochrist, Lanvaudan and Plouay.
Getting here
Morbihan is in the north-west of France. Most visitors While most UK visitors will arrive by car from the ferry port at Saint Malo a drive of 2-3 hours is still common. For driving distances to Calan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Calan