Pau travel guide
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Visit Pau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pau is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department. (General information: Pau is 653 km from Paris and 867 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Pau (page also includes a photo gallery for Pau)
Popular places to visit near Pau: these include Pau at 1 km and Oloron-Sainte-Marie at 22 km.
Jardin du château de Momas is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 18km and Jardins du château de Viven is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 19km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Pau: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*; 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 Pau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pau
See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pau.
Note that all distances from Pau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pau holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pau (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 Pau and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Momas (18km) : Jardins du château de Viven (19km) : Jardin Massey (37km) :
- National Monuments: Marshall Foch house (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Tarbes (36km) : Hagetmau (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Oloron-Sainte-Marie (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Pau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pau
Canton: Pau
Arrondissement: Pau
Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 64000
Distance to Pau
from Pau: 0 km
from Paris: 653 km
from Calais: 867 km
from Nice: 617 km
from Bordeaux: 172 km
from Strasbourg: 859 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pau): Aressy, Assat, Billere, Bizanos, Gelos, Jurancon, Laroin, Lescar, Lons, Mazeres-Lezons, Meillon, Narcastet, Rontignon and Uzos.
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 Pau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pau