La Faute-sur-Mer travel guide
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Visit La Faute-sur-Mer: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Faute-sur-Mer is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 39 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: La Faute-sur-Mer is 393 km from Paris and 564 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Martin-de-Re at 15 km from La Faute-sur-Mer
Popular places to visit near La Faute-sur-Mer: these include Saint-Martin-de-Re at 15 km and Ile de Re at 16 km.
La Flotte-en-Re is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 16km and Ars-en-Re is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 20km. 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 La Faute-sur-Mer, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Faute-sur-Mer
See France This Way travel guides for Vendee and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Faute-sur-Mer.
Note that all distances from La Faute-sur-Mer shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Faute-sur-Mer holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Faute-sur-Mer (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 France and Vendee 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 La Faute-sur-Mer and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Chaligny (29km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (34km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (34km) : Jardins de la Boirie (43km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (20km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (16km) : Ars-en-Re (20km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (41km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (25km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (42km) :
Map of places to visit near La Faute-sur-Mer & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Faute-sur-Mer
Canton: Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits
Arrondissement: Sables-d'Olonne
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85460
Distance to La Faute-sur-Mer
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 39 km
from Paris: 393 km
from Calais: 564 km
from Nice: 735 km
from Bordeaux: 176 km
from Strasbourg: 726 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Faute-sur-Mer): Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm.
Getting here
Vendee is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to La Faute-sur-Mer from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Faute-sur-Mer