Ossenx travel guide
Visit Ossenx: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Sauveterre-de-Bearn at 10 km from Ossenx
Location: Ossenx is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 37 km from Pau, the department capital. (General information: Ossenx is 657 km from Paris and 866 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Ossenx: these include Sauveterre-de-Bearn at 10 km and Orthez at 14 km. Eglise St Blaise (monuments on French pilgrim routes) is a listed heritage site at 14 km and Oloron-Sainte-Marie is a listed town of art and history at 26 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Ossenx, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ossenx
See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ossenx.
Note that all distances from Ossenx shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ossenx holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Ossenx
- Navarrenx: market every Wednesday (7km)
- Orthez: market every Tuesday (13km)
- Salies-de-Bearn: market every Thursday (14km)
- Mourenx: market every Wednesday & Saturday (17km)
- Saint-Palais: market every Friday (18km)
- Arthez-de-Bearn: market every Saturday (20km)
- Monein: market every Monday (20km)
- Artix: market every Wednesday & Sunday (20km)
- Amou: market every Sunday (25km)
- Oloron-Sainte-Marie: market every Friday (26km)
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 Ossenx and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Ossenx map below.
Heritage Site Eglise St Blaise (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (14km); Sorde l'Abbaye - abbaye St Jean (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (26km); Eglise, Oloron-Sainte-Marie (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (26km); Porte St Jacques - St Jean Pied-de-Port (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (41km)
Most Beautiful Village La Bastide-Clairence (36km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin du château de Momas (32km); Jardins du château de Viven (38km); Parc du Sarrat (42km)
Town Of Art And History Oloron-Sainte-Marie (26km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Hagetmau (36km); Pau (37km)
Map of places to visit near Ossenx & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ossenx
Canton: Sauveterre-de-Béarn
Arrondissement: Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 64190
Distance to Ossenx
from Pau (local prefecture): 37 km
from Paris: 657 km
from Calais: 866 km
from Nice: 652 km
from Bordeaux: 164 km
from Strasbourg: 879 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ossenx): Araujuzon, Araux, Audaux, Bastanes, Bugnein, Castetbon, Castetnau-Camblong, Gestas, Meritein, Montfort, Nabas, Narp, Navarrenx, Orion, Orriule, Rivehaute and Viellenave-de-Navarrenx.
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 Ossenx from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ossenx