La Tranche-sur-Mer tourism and travel guide
Visit La Tranche-sur-Mer: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit AttractionsFrance This Way comment: La Tranche-sur-Mer is a small resort, but very pleasant and with an enjoyable promenade behind the beach
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near La Tranche-sur-Mer. For detailed visitor information see the La Tranche-sur-Mer travel guide.
La Tranche-sur-Mer is situated in the Vendee department and Pays de la Loire region, in the west of France at 36 kilometres from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital (general information: La Tranche-sur-Mer is 397 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Longeville-sur-Mer at 10 km and Jard-sur-Mer at 15 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
La Tranche-sur-Mer, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to La Tranche-sur-Mer in Pays de la Loire.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Vendee
Map of places to visit near La Tranche-sur-Mer
Markets in and near La Tranche-sur-Mer
Market days in La Tranche-sur-Mer: weekly market: Wednesday & Saturday;
- La Tranche-sur-Mer: market Wednesday & Saturday (0km)
- Angles: market Wednesday & Sunday (7km)
- La Faute-sur-Mer: market Thursday & Sunday (7km)
- Jard-sur-Mer: market Monday (14km)
- La Couarde-sur-Mer: market every day - seasonal market only (17km)
- Ars-en-Re: market every day except Tuesday - seasonal market only (18km)
- Ars-en-Re: market Tuesday (18km)
- Le Bois-Plage-en-Re: market every day (19km)
- Lucon: market Wednesday & Saturday (22km)
- Saintes: market every day except Monday (23km)
More information about La Tranche-sur-Mer, Pays de la Loire
Tourist attractions near La Tranche-sur-Mer, France
What to do at La Tranche-sur-Mer? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting La Tranche-sur-Mer.
Aquarium
- Aquarium de La Rochelle (30km)
Heritage sites
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Ars-en-Re (18km)
- La Flotte-en-Re (19km)
National Monuments
- Georges Clemenceau house (13km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardins de Chaligny (32km)
- Jardins du phare de Chassiron (35km)
- Jardins du Bâtiment (38km)
- Jardins de la Boirie (46km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- La Rochelle (29km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Baie de l'Aiguillon (45km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Marans (33km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique des Sables-d'Olonne (31km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: La Tranche-sur-Mer
Canton: Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits
Arrondissement: Sables-d'Olonne
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays de la Loire
Postcode: 85360
Distance to La Tranche-sur-Mer
from La Roche-sur-Yon (prefecture): 36 km
from Paris: 397 km
from Calais: 565 km
from Nice: 743 km
from Bordeaux: 180 km
from Strasbourg: 732 km
Getting here
La Tranche-sur-Mer is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to La Tranche-sur-Mer from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
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This page in French: Visiter La Tranche-sur-Mer
