Lescar travel guide

Lescar photo, taken in Pau France

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Visit Lescar: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Lescar is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 7 km from Pau, the department capital. (General information: Lescar is 650 km from Paris and 864 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Pau at 6 km from Lescar

Popular places to visit near Lescar: these include Pau at 6 km and Oloron-Sainte-Marie at 21 km.

Pau is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 7km and Jardin du château de Momas is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Lescar: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Lescar, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lescar

photo of Pau
Pau 6km
photo of Orthez
Orthez 32km
photo of Laruns
Laruns 39km
photo of Tarbes
Tarbes 42km
photo of Lourdes
Lourdes 42km

See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lescar.

Note that all distances from Lescar shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Lescar holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lescar (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 Aquitaine and Pyrenees-Atlantiques 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 Lescar and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Momas (13km) : Jardins du château de Viven (16km) : Jardin Massey (42km) :
  2. National Monuments: Marshall Foch house (42km) :
  3. Town / village in bloom 4*: Pau (7km) : Hagetmau (38km) : Tarbes (42km) :
  4. Towns of Art and History: Oloron-Sainte-Marie (22km) :

Map of places to visit near Lescar & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Lescar

Canton: Lescar

Arrondissement: Pau

Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques

Region: Aquitaine

Postcode: 64230

Distance to Lescar

from Pau: 7 km

from Paris: 650 km

from Calais: 864 km

from Nice: 622 km

from Bordeaux: 168 km

from Strasbourg: 860 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lescar): Artiguelouve, Aussevielle, Beyrie-en-Bearn, Billere, Gelos, Jurancon, Laroin, Lons, Pau, Poey-de-Lescar and Siros.

Getting here

Pyrenees-Atlantiques is in the south-west of France. Most visitors fly into Biarritz airport (Bordeaux is another option). Allow at least 8 hours for the drive from the cross-channel ferries. For driving distances to Lescar from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Lescar