Olonne-sur-Mer travel guide
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Visit Olonne-sur-Mer: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Olonne-sur-Mer is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 30 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Olonne-sur-Mer is 402 km from Paris and 558 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sables d'Olonne at 4 km from Olonne-sur-Mer
Popular places to visit near Olonne-sur-Mer: these include Sables d'Olonne at 4 km and Saint Gilles Croix de Vie at 22 km.
Georges Clemenceau house is a listed 'national monument' at 22km and Saint-Jean-de-Monts is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 36km. 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 Olonne-sur-Mer, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Olonne-sur-Mer
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 Olonne-sur-Mer.
Note that all distances from Olonne-sur-Mer shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Olonne-sur-Mer holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Olonne-sur-Mer (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 Olonne-sur-Mer and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Chaligny (49km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (22km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Ars-en-Re (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Jean-de-Monts (36km) : Notre-Dame-de-Monts (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Olonne-sur-Mer & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Olonne-sur-Mer
Canton: Sables-d'Olonne
Arrondissement: Sables-d'Olonne
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85340
Distance to Olonne-sur-Mer
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 30 km
from Paris: 402 km
from Calais: 558 km
from Nice: 776 km
from Bordeaux: 211 km
from Strasbourg: 749 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Olonne-sur-Mer): Chateau-d'Olonne, Sables d'Olonne and Saint-Mathurin.
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 Olonne-sur-Mer from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Olonne-sur-Mer