Pontchateau travel guide
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Visit Pontchateau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pontchateau is situated in the Loire-Atlantique department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 45 km from Nantes, the department capital. (General information: Pontchateau is 365 km from Paris and 484 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Roche-Bernard at 18 km from Pontchateau
Popular places to visit near Pontchateau: these include La Roche-Bernard at 18 km and Saint-Brevin-les-Pins at 22 km.
Briere is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 14km and Loire Estuaire is a listed 'site of natural beauty' 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 Pontchateau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pontchateau
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 Pontchateau.
Note that all distances from Pontchateau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pontchateau holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pontchateau (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 Pontchateau and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des plantes (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Pornichet (27km) : La Baule (28km) : Rochefort-en-Terre (35km) : La Gacilly (36km) : La Vraie-Croix (44km) : Nantes (45km) : Carquefou (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Guerande (28km) :
Map of places to visit near Pontchateau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pontchâteau
Canton: Pontchâteau
Arrondissement: Saint-Nazaire
Department: Loire-Atlantique
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 44160
Distance to Pontchateau
from Nantes: 45 km
from Paris: 365 km
from Calais: 484 km
from Nice: 838 km
from Bordeaux: 312 km
from Strasbourg: 742 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 Pontchateau): Besne, Crossac, Dreffeac and Missillac.
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 Pontchateau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pontchateau