Pontivy travel guide
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Visit Pontivy: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pontivy is situated in the Morbihan department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 48 km from Vannes, the department capital. (General information: Pontivy is 402 km from Paris and 473 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Pontivy
Popular places to visit near Pontivy: these include Pontivy at 1 km and Forges des Salles at 19 km.
Jardin du Botrain is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km and Lac de Guerlédan is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Pontivy: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Pontivy, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pontivy
See France This Way travel guides for Morbihan and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pontivy.
Note that all distances from Pontivy shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pontivy holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pontivy (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 Morbihan 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 Pontivy and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Botrain (15km) : Jardin du Grand Launay (36km) : Jardins de Kerambar’h (36km) : Jardin du Colombier (41km) : Parc Victor Chevassu (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Gilles-Vieux-Marche (20km) : Quintin (38km) : Vannes (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Lorient (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Pontivy & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pontivy
Canton: Pontivy
Arrondissement: Pontivy
Department: Morbihan
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 56300
Distance to Pontivy
from Vannes: 48 km
from Paris: 402 km
from Calais: 473 km
from Nice: 928 km
from Bordeaux: 403 km
from Strasbourg: 794 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pontivy): Le Sourn, Saint-Gerand and Saint-Thuriau.
Getting here
Morbihan is in the north-west of France. Most visitors While most UK visitors will arrive by car from the ferry port at Saint Malo a drive of 2-3 hours is still common. For driving distances to Pontivy from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pontivy