Fouesnant travel guide

Fouesnant photo, taken in Benodet France

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Visit Fouesnant: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Fouesnant is situated in the Finistere department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 13 km from Quimper, the department capital. (General information: Fouesnant is 482 km from Paris and 544 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Benodet at 7 km from Fouesnant

Popular places to visit near Fouesnant: these include Benodet at 7 km and Concarneau at 8 km.

Marais de Mousterlin is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 5km and Concarneau is a listed 'town of art and history' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Fouesnant: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Fouesnant, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fouesnant

photo of Quimper
Quimper 13km
photo of Lorient
Lorient 45km
photo of Le Faou
Le Faou 46km

See France This Way travel guides for Finistere and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fouesnant.

Note that all distances from Fouesnant shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Fouesnant holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fouesnant (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 Fouesnant and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Parc botanique de Cornouaille (11km) : Jardin du prieuré de Locmaria (13km) : Jardin du château de Lanniron (13km) : Parc du château de Trévarez (33km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Locronan (27km) :
  3. Town / village in bloom 4*: Quimper (13km) :
  4. Towns of Art and History: Concarneau (8km) : Lorient (45km) :

Map of places to visit near Fouesnant & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Fouesnant

Canton: Fouesnant

Arrondissement: Quimper

Department: Finistere

Region: Brittany

Postcode: 29170

Distance to Fouesnant

from Quimper: 13 km

from Paris: 482 km

from Calais: 544 km

from Nice: 990 km

from Bordeaux: 430 km

from Strasbourg: 874 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 Fouesnant): Clohars-Fouesnant, La Foret-Fouesnant, Pleuven and Saint-Evarzec.

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 Fouesnant from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Fouesnant