Melgven travel guide
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Visit Melgven: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Melgven is situated in the Finistere department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 22 km from Quimper, the department capital. (General information: Melgven is 469 km from Paris and 533 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Concarneau at 7 km from Melgven
Popular places to visit near Melgven: these include Concarneau at 7 km and Benodet at 21 km.
Concarneau is a listed 'town of art and history' at 7km and Marais de Mousterlin is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Melgven: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Melgven, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Melgven
See France This Way travel guides for Finistere and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Melgven.
Note that all distances from Melgven shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Melgven holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Melgven (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 Finistere 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 Melgven and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du prieuré de Locmaria (22km) : Jardin du château de Lanniron (22km) : Parc botanique de Cornouaille (24km) : Parc du château de Trévarez (27km) : Parc Victor Chevassu (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Locronan (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Quimper (22km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Concarneau (7km) : Lorient (33km) :
- Grand Site of France: Massif Dunaire de Gavres-Quiberon (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Melgven & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Melgven
Canton: Bannalec
Arrondissement: Quimper
Department: Finistere
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 29140
Distance to Melgven
from Quimper: 22 km
from Paris: 469 km
from Calais: 533 km
from Nice: 978 km
from Bordeaux: 423 km
from Strasbourg: 860 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Melgven): Rosporden and Tregunc.
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 Melgven from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Melgven