Lescar travel guide
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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
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!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Momas (13km) : Jardins du château de Viven (16km) : Jardin Massey (42km) :
- National Monuments: Marshall Foch house (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Pau (7km) : Hagetmau (38km) : Tarbes (42km) :
- 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