Vannes travel guide
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Visit Vannes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vannes is situated in the Morbihan department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Morbihan department. (General information: Vannes is 401 km from Paris and 496 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Vannes (page also includes a photo gallery for Vannes)
Popular places to visit near Vannes: these include Morbihan Gulf at 7 km and Ile-d'Arz at 8 km.
Golfe du Morbihan is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 7km and La Vraie-Croix is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Vannes: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*; Vannes has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Vannes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vannes
See France This Way travel guides for Morbihan and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vannes.
Note that all distances from Vannes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vannes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vannes (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 Morbihan 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 Vannes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Kerambar’h (26km) : Parc Victor Chevassu (46km) :
- National Monuments: Megaliths of Locmariaquer (17km) : Megalithic site of Carnac (25km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Carnac (25km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: La Vraie-Croix (16km) : Rochefort-en-Terre (32km) : La Gacilly (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Guerande (44km) :
- Grand Site of France: Massif Dunaire de Gavres-Quiberon (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Vannes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vannes
Canton: Vannes
Arrondissement: Vannes
Department: Morbihan
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 56000
Distance to Vannes
from Vannes: 0 km
from Paris: 401 km
from Calais: 496 km
from Nice: 894 km
from Bordeaux: 356 km
from Strasbourg: 786 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vannes): Arradon, Plescop, Saint-Ave and Sene.
Getting here
Morbihan is in the north-west of France. Most visitors While most UK visitors will arrive by car from the ferry port at Saint Malo a drive of 2-3 hours is still common. For driving distances to Vannes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vannes