Locmelar travel guide
Visit Locmelar: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Landerneau at 14 km from Locmelar
Location: Locmelar is situated in the Finistere department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 51 km from Quimper, the department capital. (General information: Locmelar is 473 km from Paris and 508 km from the port at Calais).
Tourist classifications for Locmelar:
Popular places to visit near Locmelar: these include Landerneau at 14 km and Le Faou at 20 km. Lampaul-Guimiliau is a listed enclos-paroissial at 5 km and Sizun is a listed enclos-paroissial at 5 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 Locmelar, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Locmelar
See France This Way travel guides for Finistere and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Locmelar.
Note that all distances from Locmelar shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Locmelar 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 Brittany and Finistere gites and villas
Markets near Locmelar
- Landivisiau: market every Wednesday all day (6km)
- Landerneau: market every Tuesday & Friday (14km)
- Morlaix: market every Saturday all day (22km)
- Lesneven: market every Monday all day (23km)
- Plouescat: market every Saturday (24km)
- Huelgoat: market every Thursday (26km)
- Saint-Pol-de-Leon: market every Tuesday all day (26km)
- Carantec: market every Thursday (26km)
- Chateaulin: market every Thursday all day (29km)
- Roscoff: market every Wednesday (30km)
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 Locmelar and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Locmelar map below.
Aquarium Océanopolis (28km)
Enclos-paroissial Lampaul-Guimiliau (5km); Sizun (5km); Guimiliau (6km); La Martyre (8km); Commana (9km); Bodilis (9km); La Roche Maurice (10km); Saint Thégonnec (11km); Plouneour-Ménez (14km); Brasparts (19km); Lannedern (21km); Plougastel-Daoulas (24km); Pleyben (26km); Plougonven (27km); Argol (30km)
Heritage Site Camaret-sur-Mer tour dorée (Vauban fortifications) (43km)
Most Beautiful Village Locronan (41km)
National Monument Cairn de Barnenez (28km)
Regional Natural Parc Armorique (22km)
Remarkable Garden Arboretum de Poërop (26km); Jardin exotique (31km); Conservatoire botanique du Stangalac'h (32km); Jardin Delasselle (33km); Parc du château de Trévarez (38km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Menez-Hom (29km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Brest (32km)
Map of places to visit near Locmelar & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Locmélar
Canton: Sizun
Arrondissement: Morlaix
Department: Finistere
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 29400
Distance to Locmelar
from Quimper (local prefecture): 51 km
from Paris: 473 km
from Calais: 508 km
from Nice: 1020 km
from Bordeaux: 482 km
from Strasbourg: 869 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Locmelar): Guimiliau, Lampaul-Guimiliau, Loc-Eguiner, Ploudiry, Saint-Sauveur and Sizun.
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 Locmelar from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Locmelar