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Visit Lescun: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lescun is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 46 km from Pau, the department capital. (General information: Lescun is 698 km from Paris and 911 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Laruns at 18 km from Lescun
Popular places to visit near Lescun: these include Laruns at 18 km and Pyrenees National Parc at 27 km.
Vallée d'Aspe is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 3km and Cirque de Saint-Engrace is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 16km. 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 Lescun, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lescun
See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lescun.
Note that all distances from Lescun shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lescun holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lescun (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 Lescun and wondering what to do next!
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Pau (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Oloron-Sainte-Marie (28km) :
Map of places to visit near Lescun & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lescun
Canton: Accous
Arrondissement: Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 64490
Distance to Lescun
from Pau: 46 km
from Paris: 698 km
from Calais: 911 km
from Nice: 645 km
from Bordeaux: 212 km
from Strasbourg: 903 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 Lescun): Accous, Borce, Cette-Eygun, Etsaut and Lees-Athas.
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 Lescun from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lescun