Saint-Jean-le-Vieux travel guide
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Visit Saint-Jean-le-Vieux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Jean-le-Vieux is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 68 km from Pau, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Jean-le-Vieux is 689 km from Paris and 896 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port at 3 km from Saint-Jean-le-Vieux
Popular places to visit near Saint-Jean-le-Vieux: these include Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port at 3 km and Itxassou at 25 km.
Vallée des Aldudes is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 20km and Jardins de la villa Arnaga is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 27km. 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 Saint-Jean-le-Vieux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Jean-le-Vieux
See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Jean-le-Vieux.
Note that all distances from Saint-Jean-le-Vieux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Jean-le-Vieux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Jean-le-Vieux (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 Aquitaine and Pyrenees-Atlantiques 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-Jean-le-Vieux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la villa Arnaga (27km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Ainhoa (29km) : La Bastide-Clairence (30km) : Sare (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Anglet (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Oloron-Sainte-Marie (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Jean-le-Vieux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Jean-le-Vieux
Canton: Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
Arrondissement: Bayonne
Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 64220
Distance to Saint-Jean-le-Vieux
from Pau: 68 km
from Paris: 689 km
from Calais: 896 km
from Nice: 686 km
from Bordeaux: 192 km
from Strasbourg: 917 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Jean-le-Vieux): Ahaxe-Alciette-Bascassan, Aincille, Ainhice-Mongelos, Ascarat, Bussunarits-Sarrasquette, Bustince-Iriberry, Caro, Gamarthe, Ispoure, Jaxu, Lacarre, Lasse, Lecumberry, Mendive, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Saint-Michel and Uhart-Cize.
Getting here
Pyrenees-Atlantiques is in the south-west of France. Most visitors fly into Biarritz airport (Bordeaux is another option). Allow at least 8 hours for the drive from the cross-channel ferries. For driving distances to Saint-Jean-le-Vieux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Jean-le-Vieux