Montaigu travel guide
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Visit Montaigu: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montaigu is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 34 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Montaigu is 344 km from Paris and 499 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nantes at 33 km from Montaigu
Popular places to visit near Montaigu: these include Nantes at 33 km and at km.
Lac de Grand-Lieu is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 31km and Jardin des plantes is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 33km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Montaigu: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Montaigu, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montaigu
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 Montaigu.
Note that all distances from Montaigu shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montaigu holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montaigu (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 Montaigu and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des plantes (33km) : Parc oriental de Maulévrier (43km) : Jardins de Chaligny (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cholet (34km) : Nantes (34km) : Carquefou (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Montaigu & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montaigu
Canton: Montaigu
Arrondissement: Roche-sur-Yon
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85600
Distance to Montaigu
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 34 km
from Paris: 344 km
from Calais: 499 km
from Nice: 762 km
from Bordeaux: 244 km
from Strasbourg: 700 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Montaigu): Bouffere, La Guyonniere, Saint-Georges-de-Montaigu and Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay.
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 Montaigu from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montaigu