Espelette travel guide
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Visit Espelette: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Espelette is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 87 km from Pau, the department capital. (General information: Espelette is 679 km from Paris and 882 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Espelette (page also includes a photo gallery for Espelette)
Popular places to visit near Espelette: these include Cambo-les-Bains at 4 km and Itxassou at 4 km.
Jardins de la villa Arnaga is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 4km and Ainhoa is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 6km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Espelette, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Espelette
See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Espelette.
Note that all distances from Espelette shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Espelette holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Espelette (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 Espelette and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la villa Arnaga (4km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Ainhoa (6km) : Sare (11km) : La Bastide-Clairence (18km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Anglet (16km) :
Map of places to visit near Espelette & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Espelette
Canton: Espelette
Arrondissement: Bayonne
Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 64250
Distance to Espelette
from Pau: 87 km
from Paris: 679 km
from Calais: 882 km
from Nice: 704 km
from Bordeaux: 180 km
from Strasbourg: 918 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Espelette): Ainhoa, Cambo-les-Bains, Halsou, Itxassou, Jatxou and Larressore.
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 Espelette from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Espelette