Orthez travel guide
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Visit Orthez: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Orthez is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 40 km from Pau, the department capital. (General information: Orthez is 644 km from Paris and 853 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Orthez
Popular places to visit near Orthez: these include Orthez at 1 km and Salies-de-Bearn at 12 km.
Hagetmau is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 24km and Jardin du château de Momas is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 28km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Orthez: Part of the Pays d'art et d'histoire de Béarn region;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Orthez, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Orthez
See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Orthez.
Note that all distances from Orthez shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Orthez holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Orthez (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 Orthez and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Momas (28km) : Parc du Sarrat (33km) : Jardins du château de Viven (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Bastide-Clairence (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Hagetmau (24km) : Pau (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Oloron-Sainte-Marie (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Orthez & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Orthez
Canton: Orthez
Arrondissement: Pau
Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 64300
Distance to Orthez
from Pau: 40 km
from Paris: 644 km
from Calais: 853 km
from Nice: 649 km
from Bordeaux: 151 km
from Strasbourg: 868 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Orthez): Baigts-de-Bearn, Biron, Castetis, Castetner, Ozenx-Montestrucq, Saint-Boes, Salles-Mongiscard, Sallespisse and Sarpourenx.
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 Orthez from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Orthez