Lucon travel guide
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Visit Lucon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lucon is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 32 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Lucon is 375 km from Paris and 547 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Marans at 21 km from Lucon
Popular places to visit near Lucon: these include Marans at 21 km and Fontenay-le-Comte at 28 km.
Jardins de Chaligny is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km and Jardins du Bâtiment is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Lucon: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Lucon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lucon
See France This Way travel guides for Vendee and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lucon.
Note that all distances from Lucon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lucon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lucon (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 France and Vendee 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 Lucon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Chaligny (12km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (16km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (29km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (32km) : Vouvant (33km) : Ars-en-Re (38km) : Coulon (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (32km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (33km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (34km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (37km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (21km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (28km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Lucon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Luçon
Canton: Luçon
Arrondissement: Fontenay-le-Comte
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85400
Distance to Lucon
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 32 km
from Paris: 375 km
from Calais: 547 km
from Nice: 729 km
from Bordeaux: 186 km
from Strasbourg: 710 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 Lucon): Chasnais, Corpe, Les Magnils-Reigniers, Peault and Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine.
Getting here
Vendee is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to Lucon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lucon