Le Faou travel guide
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Visit Le Faou: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Le Faou is situated in the Finistere department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 34 km from Quimper, the department capital. (General information: Le Faou is 484 km from Paris and 525 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Le Faou
Popular places to visit near Le Faou: these include Armorique Regional Park at 6 km and Landerneau at 18 km.
Armorique is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 6km and Menez-Hom is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 9km. 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 Le Faou, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Faou
See France This Way travel guides for Finistere and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Le Faou.
Note that all distances from Le Faou shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Faou holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Le Faou (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 Le Faou and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Conservatoire botanique du Stangalac'h (25km) : Parc du château de Trévarez (32km) : Arboretum de Poërop (33km) : Jardin du prieuré de Locmaria (34km) : Jardin du château de Lanniron (34km) : Parc botanique de Cornouaille (45km) :
- National Monuments: Cairn de Barnenez (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Locronan (22km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Brest (25km) : Quimper (34km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Renan (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Le Faou & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Faou
Canton: Faou
Arrondissement: Châteaulin
Department: Finistere
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 29590
Distance to Le Faou
from Quimper: 34 km
from Paris: 484 km
from Calais: 525 km
from Nice: 1020 km
from Bordeaux: 473 km
from Strasbourg: 880 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Faou): Hanvec, Hopital-Camfrout, Rosnoen and Tregarvan.
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 Le Faou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Faou