Le Fenouiller travel guide
Visit Le Fenouiller: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez at 3 km from Le Fenouiller
Location: Le Fenouiller is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 37 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Le Fenouiller is 397 km from Paris and 545 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Le Fenouiller: these include Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez at 3 km and Saint Gilles Croix de Vie at 4 km. Saint-Jean-de-Monts is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 14 km and Notre-Dame-de-Monts is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 21 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Le Fenouiller, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Fenouiller
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 Le Fenouiller.
Note that all distances from Le Fenouiller shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Fenouiller holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Le Fenouiller
- Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez: market every Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Monday & Friday (3km)
- Saint Gilles Croix de Vie: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (3km)
- Bretignolles-sur-Mer: market every Thursday & Sunday (11km)
- Brem-sur-Mer: market every Tuesday & Friday (14km)
- Challans: market every Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (14km)
- Saint-Jean-de-Monts: market every Wednesday & Saturday (14km)
- Notre-Dame-de-Monts: market every Sunday (21km)
- La Mothe-Achard: market every Friday (22km)
- Beauvoir-sur-Mer: market every Thursday (24km)
- La Barre-de-Monts: market every Saturday (24km)
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 Fenouiller and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Le Fenouiller map below.
National Monument Georges Clemenceau house (43km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Marais de Machecoul (31km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Jean-de-Monts (14km); Notre-Dame-de-Monts (21km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique des Sables-d'Olonne (28km)
Map of places to visit near Le Fenouiller & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fenouiller
Canton: Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
Arrondissement: Sables-d'Olonne
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85800
Distance to Le Fenouiller
from La Roche-sur-Yon (local prefecture): 37 km
from Paris: 397 km
from Calais: 545 km
from Nice: 792 km
from Bordeaux: 233 km
from Strasbourg: 751 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Fenouiller): Commequiers, Givrand, Notre-Dame-de-Riez, Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez and Saint-Reverend.
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 Le Fenouiller from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Fenouiller