Wissant travel guide
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Visit Wissant: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Wissant is situated in the Pas-de-Calais department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north of France at 103 km from Arras, the department capital. (General information: Wissant is 231 km from Paris and 16 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Boulogne-sur-Mer at 18 km from Wissant
Popular places to visit near Wissant: these include Boulogne-sur-Mer at 18 km and Gravelines at 35 km.
Cap Gris-Nez is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 5km and Cap Blanc-Nez / Cap Gris-Nez is a listed 'grand site of france' at 6km. 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 Wissant, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Wissant
See France This Way travel guides for Pas-de-Calais and Nord-Pas-de-Calais (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Wissant.
Note that all distances from Wissant shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Wissant holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Wissant (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 Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Pas-de-Calais 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 Wissant and wondering what to do next!
- National Monuments: Column of the Grand Army (16km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Saulve (Montreuil-sur-Mer) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Boulogne-sur-Mer (18km) : Le Touquet (41km) : Loon-Plage (41km) : Saint-Josse (46km) : Montreuil-sur-Mer (47km) : Grande-Synthe (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Omer (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gravelines (35km) : Montreuil (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Cap Blanc-Nez / Cap Gris-Nez (6km) :
Map of places to visit near Wissant & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Wissant
Canton: Marquise
Arrondissement: Boulogne-sur-Mer
Department: Pas-de-Calais
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Postcode: 62179
Distance to Wissant
from Arras: 103 km
from Paris: 231 km
from Calais: 16 km
from Nice: 903 km
from Bordeaux: 692 km
from Strasbourg: 507 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Wissant): Audembert, Audinghen, Escalles, Hervelinghen, Leubringhen, Leulinghen-Bernes, Saint-Inglevert and Tardinghen.
Getting here
For driving distances to Wissant from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Wissant