Bretignolles-sur-Mer tourism and travel guide

Visit Bretignolles-sur-Mer: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: Bretignolles-sur-Mer is one of the smallest Vendee resorts - still has a big beach though!

Bretignolles-sur-Mer is situated in the Vendee department and Pays de la Loire region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Bretignolles-sur-Mer in Pays de la Loire.

Popular places to visit nearby include Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie at 10 km and Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez at 12 km.

Bretignolles-sur-Mer, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Brem-sur-Mer

at 3 km (direction south-east)

Brem-sur-Mer is a small resort with a long beach to the north...

See Brem-sur-Mer guide

Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie

at 10 km (direction north-west)

The port town of Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie is an attractive and traditional town, very...

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Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez

Seaside resort at 12 km (direction north-west)

Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez is the beach resort next to Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie...

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Sables d'Olonne

Seaside resort at 16 km (direction south-south-east)

The lively town of Sables-d'Olonne is our favourite resort on the Vendee...

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Chateau d'Olonne

Seaside resort at 17 km (direction south-east)

Chateau d'Olonne is a very small resort, well placed for exploring the...

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Saint-Jean-de-Monts

Seaside resort at 24 km (direction north-west)

At Saint-Jean-de-Monts you will enjoy the extensive sandy beaches and one of...

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Port Bourgenay

at 25 km (direction south-east)

The small resort of Bourgenay has a port and a popular beach...

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Chateau de Talmont

Castle at 25 km (direction east-south-east)

The Chateau of Talmont is a ancient castle, now in ruins, in...

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Talmont-Saint-Hilaire

at 25 km (direction south-east)

The small town of Talmont-Saint-Hilaire is mainly known for the Chateau de...

See Talmont-Saint-Hilaire guide

Notre-Dame-de-Monts

at 31 km (direction north-west)

The resort of Notre-Dame-de-Monts is one of the quiter resorts of the...

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Jard-sur-Mer

Seaside resort at 32 km (direction south-east)

Jard-sur-Mer is a very pleasant, if quite small, Vendee resort with a...

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Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard

at 33 km (direction south-east)

Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard is a small resort in Vendee where you can visit the...

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La Roche-sur-Yon

at 34 km (direction east)

La Roche-sur-Yon has an attractive town centre around the gardens of the...

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Longeville-sur-Mer

Seaside resort at 36 km (direction east-south-east)

At Longeville-sur-Mer you will enjoy the lively market in the town as...

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Map of places to visit near Bretignolles-sur-Mer

Markets in and near Bretignolles-sur-Mer

Market days in Bretignolles-sur-Mer: weekly market: Thursday & Sunday;

• Bretignolles-sur-Mer: market Thursday & Sunday (0km)
• Brem-sur-Mer: market Tuesday & Friday (3km)
• Saint Gilles Croix de Vie: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (10km)
• Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez: market Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Monday & Friday (12km)
• La Mothe-Achard: market Friday (15km)
• Sables d'Olonne: market every day (16km)
• Saint-Jean-de-Monts: market Wednesday & Saturday (24km)
• Challans: market Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (24km)
• Notre-Dame-de-Monts: market Sunday (31km)
• Jard-sur-Mer: market Monday (32km)

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Tourist attractions near Bretignolles-sur-Mer, France

What to do at Bretignolles-sur-Mer? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Bretignolles-sur-Mer.

National Monuments

• Georges Clemenceau house (33km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Phare de la Pointe des Corbeaux (33km)
• Fort de Pierre-Levée (39km)
• Port-Joinville (39km)
• Vieux-château de l'Île d'Yeu (40km)
• Marais de Machecoul (41km)
• Phare de l'île d'Yeu (41km)
• Aérodrome de L'Île-d'Yeu (42km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Jean-de-Monts (24km)
• Notre-Dame-de-Monts (31km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique des Sables-d'Olonne (18km)

Geography and distances

Bretignolles-sur-Mer is in the west of France at 34 kilometres from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital (general information: Bretignolles-sur-Mer is 400 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to Bretignolles-sur-Mer from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 4 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Brem-sur-Mer, Givrand, La Chaize-Giraud and Landevieille.

This page in French: Visiter Bretignolles-sur-Mer