Pornic travel guide
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Visit Pornic: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pornic is situated in the Loire-Atlantique department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 38 km from Nantes, the department capital. (General information: Pornic is 383 km from Paris and 514 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Pornic
Popular places to visit near Pornic: these include Jade Coast at 5 km and Noirmoutier at 15 km.
Pointe Sainte-Gildas is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 12km and Loire Estuaire 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.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Pornic, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pornic
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 Pornic.
Note that all distances from Pornic shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pornic holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pornic (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 Pornic and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des plantes (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Pornichet (25km) : La Baule (29km) : Notre-Dame-de-Monts (32km) : Saint-Jean-de-Monts (36km) : Nantes (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Guerande (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Pornic & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pornic
Canton: Pornic
Arrondissement: Saint-Nazaire
Department: Loire-Atlantique
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 44210
Distance to Pornic
from Nantes: 38 km
from Paris: 383 km
from Calais: 514 km
from Nice: 823 km
from Bordeaux: 279 km
from Strasbourg: 752 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 Pornic): Jade Coast and La Bernerie-en-Retz.
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 Pornic from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pornic