Guilvinec travel guide
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Visit Guilvinec: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Guilvinec is situated in the Finistere department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 26 km from Quimper, the department capital. (General information: Guilvinec is 504 km from Paris and 566 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Benodet at 15 km from Guilvinec
Popular places to visit near Guilvinec: these include Benodet at 15 km and Ile Glenan at 23 km.
Parc botanique de Cornouaille is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km and Marais de Mousterlin is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 21km. 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 Guilvinec, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Guilvinec
See France This Way travel guides for Finistere and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Guilvinec.
Note that all distances from Guilvinec shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Guilvinec holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Guilvinec (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 Guilvinec and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc botanique de Cornouaille (14km) : Jardin du prieuré de Locmaria (26km) : Jardin du château de Lanniron (26km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Locronan (34km) : Ile-de-Sein (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Quimper (26km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Concarneau (29km) :
- Grand Site of France: Pointe du Raz (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Guilvinec & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Guilvinec
Canton: Guilvinec
Arrondissement: Quimper
Department: Finistere
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 29730
Distance to Guilvinec
from Quimper: 26 km
from Paris: 504 km
from Calais: 566 km
from Nice: 1004 km
from Bordeaux: 435 km
from Strasbourg: 895 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 Guilvinec): Penmarch, Plomeur and Treffiagat.
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 Guilvinec from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Guilvinec