Gayon travel guide
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Visit Gayon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gayon is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 26 km from Pau, the department capital. (General information: Gayon is 628 km from Paris and 844 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Maubourguet at 17 km from Gayon
Popular places to visit near Gayon: these include Maubourguet at 17 km and Pau at 26 km.
Jardins du château de Viven is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km and Jardin du château de Momas is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 22km. 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 Gayon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gayon
See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gayon.
Note that all distances from Gayon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gayon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gayon (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 Gayon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Viven (16km) : Jardin du château de Momas (22km) : Palmeraie du Sarthou (31km) : Jardin Massey (34km) :
- National Monuments: Marshall Foch house (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Pau (26km) : Tarbes (32km) : Hagetmau (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Oloron-Sainte-Marie (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Gayon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gayon
Canton: Lembeye
Arrondissement: Pau
Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 64350
Distance to Gayon
from Pau: 26 km
from Paris: 628 km
from Calais: 844 km
from Nice: 599 km
from Bordeaux: 154 km
from Strasbourg: 833 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gayon): Arricau-Bordes, Burosse-Mendousse, Cadillon, Escures, Lalongue, Lannecaube, Lembeye, Lespielle, Lussagnet-Lusson, Saint-Jean-Poudge, Samsons-Lion, Semeacq-Blachon, Simacourbe and Vialer.
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 Gayon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gayon