Lorient travel guide
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Visit Lorient: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lorient is situated in the Morbihan department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 46 km from Vannes, the department capital. (General information: Lorient is 440 km from Paris and 519 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Lorient
Popular places to visit near Lorient: these include Lorient at 7 km and Ile de Groix at 15 km.
Massif Dunaire de Gavres-Quiberon is a listed 'grand site of france' at 7km and Lorient is a listed 'town of art and history' at 7km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Lorient: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Lorient, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lorient
See France This Way travel guides for Morbihan and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lorient.
Note that all distances from Lorient shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lorient holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lorient (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 Brittany and Morbihan 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 Lorient and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Kerambar’h (22km) :
- National Monuments: Megalithic site of Carnac (28km) : Megaliths of Locmariaquer (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Carnac (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vannes (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Lorient (7km) : Concarneau (43km) :
- Grand Site of France: Massif Dunaire de Gavres-Quiberon (7km) :
Map of places to visit near Lorient & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lorient
Canton: Lorient
Arrondissement: Lorient
Department: Morbihan
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 56100
Distance to Lorient
from Vannes: 46 km
from Paris: 440 km
from Calais: 519 km
from Nice: 939 km
from Bordeaux: 388 km
from Strasbourg: 829 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lorient): Lanester, Larmor-Plage, Locmiquelic, Ploemeur, Port-Louis, Queven and Riantec.
Getting here
Morbihan is in the north-west of France. Most visitors While most UK visitors will arrive by car from the ferry port at Saint Malo a drive of 2-3 hours is still common. For driving distances to Lorient from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lorient