Quimper travel guide

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Visit Quimper: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Quimper is situated in the Finistere department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistere department. (General information: Quimper is 485 km from Paris and 541 km from the port at Calais).

For a detailed travel guide see Quimper

Popular places to visit near Quimper: these include Benodet at 14 km and Locronan at 14 km.

Parc botanique de Cornouaille is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km and Locronan is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Quimper: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*;

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Quimper, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Quimper

photo of Benodet
Benodet 14km
photo of Le Faou
Le Faou 34km
photo of Morgat
Morgat 39km
photo of Crozon
Crozon 40km
photo of Camaret
Camaret 48km

See France This Way travel guides for Finistere and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Quimper.

Note that all distances from Quimper shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Quimper holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Quimper (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 Quimper and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Parc botanique de Cornouaille (13km) : Parc du château de Trévarez (28km) : Arboretum de Poërop (49km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Locronan (14km) : Ile-de-Sein (48km) :
  3. Towns of Art and History: Concarneau (20km) :
  4. Grand Site of France: Pointe du Raz (48km) :

Map of places to visit near Quimper & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Quimper

Canton: Quimper

Arrondissement: Quimper

Department: Finistere

Region: Brittany

Postcode: 29000

Distance to Quimper

from Quimper: 0 km

from Paris: 485 km

from Calais: 541 km

from Nice: 1000 km

from Bordeaux: 443 km

from Strasbourg: 878 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Quimper): Ergue-Gaberic.

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 Quimper from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Quimper