Douarnenez travel guide
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Visit Douarnenez: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Douarnenez is situated in the Finistere department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 20 km from Quimper, the department capital. (General information: Douarnenez is 499 km from Paris and 547 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Douarnenez
Popular places to visit near Douarnenez: these include Locronan at 9 km and Pont-Croix at 13 km.
Locronan is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 9km and Menez-Hom is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Douarnenez: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Douarnenez, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Douarnenez
See France This Way travel guides for Finistere and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Douarnenez.
Note that all distances from Douarnenez shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Douarnenez holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Douarnenez (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 Douarnenez and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Lanniron (20km) : Jardin du prieuré de Locmaria (20km) : Parc botanique de Cornouaille (26km) : Conservatoire botanique du Stangalac'h (35km) : Parc du château de Trévarez (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Locronan (9km) : Ile-de-Sein (31km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Quimper (20km) : Brest (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Concarneau (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Renan (44km) :
- Grand Site of France: Pointe du Raz (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Douarnenez & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Douarnenez
Canton: Douarnenez
Arrondissement: Quimper
Department: Finistere
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 29100
Distance to Douarnenez
from Quimper: 20 km
from Paris: 499 km
from Calais: 547 km
from Nice: 1020 km
from Bordeaux: 462 km
from Strasbourg: 893 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Douarnenez): Kerlaz, Le Juch and Pouldergat.
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 Douarnenez from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Douarnenez