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Visit Dax: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Dax is situated in the Landes department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 48 km from Mont-de-Marsan, the department capital. (General information: Dax is 629 km from Paris and 834 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Dax (page also includes a photo gallery for Dax)
Popular places to visit near Dax: these include Salies-de-Bearn at 28 km and Moliets at 29 km.
Marais d'Orx is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 30km and Courant de Huchet is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 31km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Dax: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Dax, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Dax
See France This Way travel guides for Landes and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Dax.
Note that all distances from Dax shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Dax holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Dax (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 Landes 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 Dax and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la villa Arnaga (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Bastide-Clairence (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Hagetmau (37km) : Anglet (45km) : Mont-de-Marsan (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Dax & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Dax
Canton: Dax
Arrondissement: Dax
Department: Landes
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 40100
Distance to Dax
from Mont-de-Marsan: 48 km
from Paris: 629 km
from Calais: 834 km
from Nice: 668 km
from Bordeaux: 131 km
from Strasbourg: 867 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Dax): Candresse, Mees, Narrosse, Oeyreluy, Saint-Pandelon, Saint-Paul-les-Dax, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Saugnac-et-Cambran, Seyresse, Tercis-les-Bains and Yzosse.
Getting here
Landes is in the south-west of France. Most visitors fly into the region's airports at Bordeaux or Biarritz. The drive down the west coast from Saint Malo ferry port requires about 8 hours. For driving distances to Dax from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Dax