Pont-Aven travel guide
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Visit Pont-Aven: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pont-Aven is situated in the Finistere department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 30 km from Quimper, the department capital. (General information: Pont-Aven is 464 km from Paris and 531 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Concarneau at 12 km from Pont-Aven
Popular places to visit near Pont-Aven: these include Concarneau at 12 km and Quimperle at 15 km.
Concarneau is a listed 'town of art and history' at 12km and Marais de Mousterlin is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 20km. 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 Pont-Aven, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pont-Aven
See France This Way travel guides for Finistere and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pont-Aven.
Note that all distances from Pont-Aven shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pont-Aven holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pont-Aven (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 Pont-Aven and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du prieuré de Locmaria (30km) : Jardin du château de Lanniron (30km) : Parc Victor Chevassu (31km) : Parc botanique de Cornouaille (31km) : Parc du château de Trévarez (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Locronan (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Quimper (30km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Concarneau (12km) : Lorient (25km) :
- Grand Site of France: Massif Dunaire de Gavres-Quiberon (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Pont-Aven & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pont-Aven
Canton: Pont-Aven
Arrondissement: Quimper
Department: Finistere
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 29930
Distance to Pont-Aven
from Quimper: 30 km
from Paris: 464 km
from Calais: 531 km
from Nice: 970 km
from Bordeaux: 415 km
from Strasbourg: 855 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pont-Aven): Nevez and Riec-sur-Belon.
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 Pont-Aven from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pont-Aven