Penestin travel guide
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Visit Penestin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Penestin is situated in the Morbihan department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 29 km from Vannes, the department capital. (General information: Penestin is 389 km from Paris and 498 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Roche-Bernard at 14 km from Penestin
Popular places to visit near Penestin: these include La Roche-Bernard at 14 km and La Turballe at 15 km.
Marais Salants de Guérande is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 10km and Guerande is a listed 'recommended detour' at 17km. 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 Penestin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Penestin
See France This Way travel guides for Morbihan and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Penestin.
Note that all distances from Penestin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Penestin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Penestin (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 Morbihan 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 Penestin and wondering what to do next!
- National Monuments: Megaliths of Locmariaquer (37km) : Megalithic site of Carnac (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Carnac (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: La Baule (22km) : La Vraie-Croix (24km) : Pornichet (25km) : Rochefort-en-Terre (27km) : Vannes (29km) : La Gacilly (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Guerande (17km) :
Map of places to visit near Penestin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pénestin
Canton: Roche-Bernard
Arrondissement: Vannes
Department: Morbihan
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 56760
Distance to Penestin
from Vannes: 29 km
from Paris: 389 km
from Calais: 498 km
from Nice: 866 km
from Bordeaux: 328 km
from Strasbourg: 770 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Penestin): Billiers.
Getting here
Morbihan is in the north-west of France. Most visitors While most UK visitors will arrive by car from the ferry port at Saint Malo a drive of 2-3 hours is still common. For driving distances to Penestin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Penestin