Lees-Athas tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Lescun at 5 km from Lees-Athas
Visit Lees-Athas: highlights and tourist information
To Visit Attractions Book a visitLees-Athas is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Lees-Athas in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Popular places to visit nearby include Lescun at 5 km and Sarrance at 9 km.
Lees-Athas, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Lescun
at 5 km (direction south-south-west)The village of Lescun is close to the Cirque de Lescun and...
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Sarrance
at 9 km (direction north-north-east), in the Pyreees-Atlantiques departmentThe small village of Sarrance is in the valley of the Gave...
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Laruns
at 17 km (direction east)Laruns is a pretty village, but it is the surrounding mountain scenery...
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Eaux-Bonnes
at 19 km (direction east)Eaux-Bonnes is a 19th century belle-epoque spa town at the base of...
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Col d'Aubisque
Scenery at 23 km (direction east)The Col d'Aubisque is a beautiful mountain pass with views of numerous...
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Gourette
at 23 km (direction east)Gourette s a small ski station on the route to the Col...
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Cathedral Saint-Marie in Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Cathedral at 24 km (direction east)The cathedral of Sainte-Marie is best known for its remarkable 12th century...
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Church Sainte-Croix in Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Church at 24 km (direction east)The Church Sainte-Croix is an interesting roman style church built in the...
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Oloron-Sainte-Marie
at 25 km (direction east)There are several sights of interest in Oloron-Saint-Marie including a picturesque section...
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Pyrenees National Parc
National Parc at 28 km (direction east-south-east), in the Hautes-Pyrenees departmentThe Pyrenees National Parc contains a great deal of the most beatiful...
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Navarrenx
at 40 km (direction north-north-west)Navarrenx is a traditional fortified French bastide town in the western pyrenees...
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Chateau de Pau
Castle at 41 km (direction north-east)The Chateau de Pau is an impressive combination of the renaissance and...
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Pau
at 42 km (direction north-east)The large town of Pau is well known for the views from...
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Saint-Savin
at 43 km (direction east), in the Hautes-Pyrenees departmentIt is the abbey church in Saint-Savin, and the surrounding countryside, that...
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Map of places to visit near Lees-Athas
Markets in and near Lees-Athas
- Bedous: market Thursday (2km)
- Aramits: market Sunday (19km)
- Castet: market Thursday (20km)
- Oloron-Sainte-Marie: market Friday (24km)
- Tardets-Sorholus: market Monday (25km)
- Gan: market Wednesday (34km)
- Monein: market Monday (39km)
- Navarrenx: market Wednesday (41km)
- Pau: market every day except Sunday (41km)
- Saint-Palais: market Friday (52km)
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Tourist attractions near Lees-Athas, France
What to do at Lees-Athas? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Lees-Athas.
Heritage sites
- Eglise, Oloron-Sainte-Marie (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (24km)
- Eglise St Blaise (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (33km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Vallée d'Aspe (3km)
- Cirque de Saint-Engrace (16km)
- Cirque de Sainte-Engrâce (16km)
- Gorges d'Ehujarre (16km)
- Vallée d'Ossau (17km)
- Gorges de Kakoetta (19km)
- Gorges de Kakouetta (19km)
- Col d'Aubisque (23km)
- Gorges d'Holzarté (25km)
- Cirque du Litor (27km)
- Grottes de Betharram (37km)
- Forêt d'Iraty (38km)
- Cirque du Marcadau (38km)
- Cirque du Lys (39km)
- Pont d'Espagne (41km)
Towns of Art and history
- Oloron-Sainte-Marie (24km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Pau (41km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Zoo d'Asson (33km)
Geography and distances
Lees-Athas is in the south-west of France at 42 kilometres from Pau, the department capital (general information: Lees-Athas is 693 kilometres from Paris).
Geographical Information
Commune: Lees-Athas
Canton: Accous
Arrondissement: Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Region: Aquitaine
New region: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Postcode: 64490
Distance to Lees-Athas
from Pau (prefecture): 42 km
from Paris: 693 km
from Calais: 906 km
from Nice: 643 km
from Bordeaux: 207 km
from Strasbourg: 899 km
Getting here
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 Lees-Athas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 5 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Accous, Bedous, Cette-Eygun, Lescun and Osse-en-Aspe.
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