Gastes travel guide
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Visit Gastes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gastes is situated in the Landes department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 71 km from Mont-de-Marsan, the department capital. (General information: Gastes is 570 km from Paris and 770 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Biscarrosse at 8 km from Gastes
Popular places to visit near Gastes: these include Biscarrosse at 8 km and Mimizan at 15 km.
Etang de Biscarrosse et Parentis is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 3km and Biscarrosse is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 8km. 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 Gastes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gastes
See France This Way travel guides for Landes and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gastes.
Note that all distances from Gastes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gastes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gastes (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 Gastes and wondering what to do next!
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Biscarrosse (8km) : Mimizan (15km) :
- Grand Site of France: Dune du Pilat (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Gastes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gastes
Canton: Parentis-en-Born
Arrondissement: Mont-de-Marsan
Department: Landes
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 40160
Distance to Gastes
from Mont-de-Marsan: 71 km
from Paris: 570 km
from Calais: 770 km
from Nice: 676 km
from Bordeaux: 73 km
from Strasbourg: 829 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gastes): Parentis-en-Born and Sainte-Eulalie-en-Born.
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 Gastes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gastes