Piriac-sur-Mer travel guide
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Visit Piriac-sur-Mer: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Piriac-sur-Mer is situated in the Loire-Atlantique department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 73 km from Nantes, the department capital. (General information: Piriac-sur-Mer is 399 km from Paris and 510 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Turballe at 5 km from Piriac-sur-Mer
Popular places to visit near Piriac-sur-Mer: these include La Turballe at 5 km and Cote d'Amour at 10 km.
Guerande is a listed 'recommended detour' at 11km and Marais Salants de Guérande is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Piriac-sur-Mer: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Piriac-sur-Mer, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Piriac-sur-Mer
See France This Way travel guides for Loire-Atlantique and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Piriac-sur-Mer.
Note that all distances from Piriac-sur-Mer shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Piriac-sur-Mer holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Piriac-sur-Mer (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 France and Loire-Atlantique 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 Piriac-sur-Mer and wondering what to do next!
- National Monuments: Megaliths of Locmariaquer (37km) : Megalithic site of Carnac (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Carnac (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: La Baule (16km) : Pornichet (20km) : Vannes (35km) : La Vraie-Croix (35km) : Rochefort-en-Terre (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Guerande (11km) :
Map of places to visit near Piriac-sur-Mer & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Piriac-sur-Mer
Canton: Guérande
Arrondissement: Saint-Nazaire
Department: Loire-Atlantique
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 44420
Distance to Piriac-sur-Mer
from Nantes: 73 km
from Paris: 399 km
from Calais: 510 km
from Nice: 866 km
from Bordeaux: 321 km
from Strasbourg: 777 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 Piriac-sur-Mer): La Turballe.
Getting here
Loire-Atlantique is in the north-west of France. Most visitors arrive by car via one of the ferry ports such as Saint-Malo or Cherbourg. Allow around 3 hours for the trip in France. For driving distances to Piriac-sur-Mer from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Piriac-sur-Mer