Orion travel guide
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Visit Orion: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Orion is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 42 km from Pau, the department capital. (General information: Orion is 653 km from Paris and 862 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sauveterre-de-Bearn at 6 km from Orion
Popular places to visit near Orion: these include Sauveterre-de-Bearn at 6 km and Salies-de-Bearn at 8 km.
La Bastide-Clairence is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 32km and Oloron-Sainte-Marie is a listed 'town of art and history' at 32km. 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 Orion, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Orion
See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Orion.
Note that all distances from Orion shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Orion holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Orion (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 Orion and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Momas (34km) : Parc du Sarrat (36km) : Jardins du château de Viven (40km) : Jardins de la villa Arnaga (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Bastide-Clairence (32km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Hagetmau (34km) : Pau (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Oloron-Sainte-Marie (32km) :
Map of places to visit near Orion & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Orion
Canton: Sauveterre-de-Béarn
Arrondissement: Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 64390
Distance to Orion
from Pau: 42 km
from Paris: 653 km
from Calais: 862 km
from Nice: 655 km
from Bordeaux: 159 km
from Strasbourg: 878 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Orion): Andrein, Barraute-Camu, Burgaronne, Castetbon, Montfort, Narp, Orriule, Ossenx, Ozenx-Montestrucq and Salies-de-Bearn.
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 Orion from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Orion