Saint-Hernin travel guide
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Visit Saint-Hernin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Hernin is situated in the Finistere department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 42 km from Quimper, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Hernin is 446 km from Paris and 499 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Guerlesquin at 34 km from Saint-Hernin
Popular places to visit near Saint-Hernin: these include Guerlesquin at 34 km and Forges des Salles at 38 km.
Parc du château de Trévarez is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km and Arboretum de Poërop is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 18km. 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 Saint-Hernin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Hernin
See France This Way travel guides for Finistere and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Hernin.
Note that all distances from Saint-Hernin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Hernin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Hernin (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 Saint-Hernin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Trévarez (15km) : Arboretum de Poërop (18km) : Jardin du Grand Launay (34km) : Jardin du château de Lanniron (42km) : Jardin du prieuré de Locmaria (42km) : Jardin du Botrain (48km) :
- National Monuments: Cairn de Barnenez (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Locronan (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Quimper (42km) : Saint-Gilles-Vieux-Marche (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Concarneau (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Hernin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Hernin
Canton: Carhaix-Plouguer
Arrondissement: Châteaulin
Department: Finistere
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 29270
Distance to Saint-Hernin
from Quimper: 42 km
from Paris: 446 km
from Calais: 499 km
from Nice: 980 km
from Bordeaux: 443 km
from Strasbourg: 841 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 Saint-Hernin): Cleden-Poher, Motreff and Spezet.
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 Saint-Hernin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Hernin