Ploeven travel guide
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Visit Ploeven: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ploeven is situated in the Finistere department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 20 km from Quimper, the department capital. (General information: Ploeven is 491 km from Paris and 538 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Locronan at 7 km from Ploeven
Popular places to visit near Ploeven: these include Locronan at 7 km and Douarnenez at 10 km.
Menez-Hom is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 7km and Locronan is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Ploeven: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Ploeven, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ploeven
See France This Way travel guides for Finistere and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ploeven.
Note that all distances from Ploeven shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ploeven holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ploeven (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 Finistere 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 Ploeven and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Lanniron (20km) : Jardin du prieuré de Locmaria (20km) : Parc botanique de Cornouaille (30km) : Parc du château de Trévarez (32km) : Conservatoire botanique du Stangalac'h (32km) : Arboretum de Poërop (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Locronan (7km) : Ile-de-Sein (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Quimper (20km) : Brest (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Concarneau (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Renan (42km) :
- Grand Site of France: Pointe du Raz (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Ploeven & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ploéven
Canton: Châteaulin
Arrondissement: Châteaulin
Department: Finistere
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 29550
Distance to Ploeven
from Quimper: 20 km
from Paris: 491 km
from Calais: 538 km
from Nice: 1017 km
from Bordeaux: 463 km
from Strasbourg: 885 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ploeven): Locronan, Plomodiern, Plonevez-Porzay and Saint-Nic.
Getting here
Finistere is in the north-west of France. Most visitors Most UK visitors arrive by car from one of the many cross-channel ports along the Brittany and Normandy coast. These are typically within 2 hours drive. For driving distances to Ploeven from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ploeven