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Visit Plovan: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Plovan is situated in the Finistere department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 21 km from Quimper, the department capital. (General information: Plovan is 506 km from Paris and 561 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Pont-Croix at 17 km from Plovan
Popular places to visit near Plovan: these include Pont-Croix at 17 km and Audierne at 18 km.
Parc botanique de Cornouaille is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km and Quimper is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 21km. 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 Plovan, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Plovan
See France This Way travel guides for Finistere and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Plovan.
Note that all distances from Plovan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Plovan holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Plovan (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 Plovan and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc botanique de Cornouaille (15km) : Jardin du prieuré de Locmaria (22km) : Jardin du château de Lanniron (22km) : Parc du château de Trévarez (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Locronan (23km) : Ile-de-Sein (31km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Quimper (21km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Concarneau (34km) :
- Grand Site of France: Pointe du Raz (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Plovan & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Plovan
Canton: Plogastel-Saint-Germain
Arrondissement: Quimper
Department: Finistere
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 29720
Distance to Plovan
from Quimper: 21 km
from Paris: 506 km
from Calais: 561 km
from Nice: 1014 km
from Bordeaux: 449 km
from Strasbourg: 899 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 Plovan): Peumerit, Ploneour-Lanvern, Pouldreuzic, Saint-Jean-Trolimon, Treguennec and Treogat.
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 Plovan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Plovan