La Mothe-Achard travel guide
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Visit La Mothe-Achard: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Mothe-Achard is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 19 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: La Mothe-Achard is 390 km from Paris and 546 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sables d'Olonne at 16 km from La Mothe-Achard
Popular places to visit near La Mothe-Achard: these include Sables d'Olonne at 16 km and Saint Gilles Croix de Vie at 23 km.
Georges Clemenceau house is a listed 'national monument' at 24km and Saint-Jean-de-Monts is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 36km. 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 La Mothe-Achard, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Mothe-Achard
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 Mothe-Achard.
Note that all distances from La Mothe-Achard shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Mothe-Achard holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Mothe-Achard (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 Mothe-Achard and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Chaligny (40km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (24km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Ars-en-Re (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Jean-de-Monts (36km) : Notre-Dame-de-Monts (43km) :
Map of places to visit near La Mothe-Achard & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mothe-Achard
Canton: Mothe-Achard
Arrondissement: Sables-d'Olonne
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85150
Distance to La Mothe-Achard
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 19 km
from Paris: 390 km
from Calais: 546 km
from Nice: 771 km
from Bordeaux: 215 km
from Strasbourg: 738 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Mothe-Achard): La Chapelle-Achard, Le Girouard, Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux, Saint-Julien-Des-Landes and Saint-Mathurin.
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 Mothe-Achard from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Mothe-Achard