Sables d'Olonne travel guide
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Visit Sables d'Olonne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sables d'Olonne is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 33 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Sables d'Olonne is 405 km from Paris and 562 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Sables d'Olonne
Popular places to visit near Sables d'Olonne: these include Saint Gilles Croix de Vie at 25 km and Ars-en-Re at 38 km.
Georges Clemenceau house is a listed 'national monument' at 20km and Ars-en-Re is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 38km. 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 Sables d'Olonne, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sables d'Olonne
See France This Way travel guides for Vendee and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sables d'Olonne.
Note that all distances from Sables d'Olonne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sables d'Olonne holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sables d'Olonne (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 Vendee 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 Sables d'Olonne and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Chaligny (49km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (20km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Ars-en-Re (38km) : La Flotte-en-Re (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Jean-de-Monts (39km) : Notre-Dame-de-Monts (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Sables d'Olonne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sables-d'Olonne
Canton: Sables-d'Olonne
Arrondissement: Sables-d'Olonne
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85100
Distance to Sables d'Olonne
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 33 km
from Paris: 405 km
from Calais: 562 km
from Nice: 774 km
from Bordeaux: 207 km
from Strasbourg: 751 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 Sables d'Olonne): Chateau-d'Olonne and Olonne-sur-Mer.
Getting here
Vendee is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to Sables d'Olonne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sables d'Olonne