Lys travel guide
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Visit Lys: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lys is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 19 km from Pau, the department capital. (General information: Lys is 670 km from Paris and 885 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Laruns at 17 km from Lys
Popular places to visit near Lys: these include Laruns at 17 km and Pau at 19 km.
Grottes de Betharram is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 13km and Vallée d'Ossau is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 17km. 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 Lys, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lys
See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lys.
Note that all distances from Lys shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lys holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lys (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 Lys and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Momas (36km) : Jardins du château de Viven (37km) : Jardin Massey (37km) :
- National Monuments: Marshall Foch house (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Pau (19km) : Tarbes (37km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Oloron-Sainte-Marie (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Lys & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lys
Canton: Arudy
Arrondissement: Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 64260
Distance to Lys
from Pau: 19 km
from Paris: 670 km
from Calais: 885 km
from Nice: 619 km
from Bordeaux: 191 km
from Strasbourg: 872 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lys): Bescat, Bruges-Capbis-Mifaget, Haut-de-Bosdarros, Izeste, Louvie-Juzon, Rebenacq, Sainte-Colome and Sevignacq-Meyracq.
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 Lys from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lys