Paimpol travel guide
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Visit Paimpol: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Paimpol is situated in the Cotes-d'Armor department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 36 km from Saint-Brieuc, the department capital. (General information: Paimpol is 394 km from Paris and 425 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Paimpol (page also includes a photo gallery for Paimpol)
Popular places to visit near Paimpol: these include Paimpol at 1 km and Ile Brehat at 7 km.
Beauport Abbey is a listed 'grand site of france' at 1km and Paimpol is a listed 'recommended detour' at 1km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Paimpol: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*; 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Paimpol, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Paimpol
See France This Way travel guides for Cotes-d'Armor and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Paimpol.
Note that all distances from Paimpol shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Paimpol holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Paimpol (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 Brittany and Cotes-d'Armor 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 Paimpol and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de la Roche-Jagu (10km) : Jardins de Kerdalo (12km) : Jardin du Kestellic (15km) : Jardin du Grand Launay (49km) :
- National Monuments: Maison Ernest Renan (14km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Pontrieux (13km) : Lannion (32km) : Quintin (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Paimpol (1km) :
- Grand Site of France: Beauport Abbey (1km) : Cap d'Erquy / Cap Frehel (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Paimpol & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Paimpol
Canton: Paimpol
Arrondissement: Saint-Brieuc
Department: Cotes-d'Armor
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 22500
Distance to Paimpol
from Saint-Brieuc: 36 km
from Paris: 394 km
from Calais: 425 km
from Nice: 971 km
from Bordeaux: 476 km
from Strasbourg: 791 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Paimpol): Ile Brehat, Kerfot, Lezardrieux, Ploubazlanec, Plouezec and Plourivo.
Getting here
Cotes-d'Armor is in the north-west of France. Most visitors arrive by car, often from a ferry port such as Roscoff or Saint Malo nearby on the northern Brittany coast. For driving distances to Paimpol from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Paimpol