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Lees-Athas tourism and travel guide

Visit Lees-Athas: highlights and tourist information

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Lees-Athas is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department and Aquitaine region (now part of the region), in the south-west of France at 42 kilometres from Pau, the department capital (general information: Lees-Athas is 693 kilometres from Paris).

Popular places to visit nearby include Laruns at 17 km and Oloron-Sainte-Marie at 25 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

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Lees-Athas, 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 Lees-Athas in .

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

... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Pyrenees-Atlantiques

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)

More information about Lees-Athas, Aquitaine

Tourist attractions near Lees-Athas, France

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 Sainte-Engrâce (16km)
• Cirque de Saint-Engrace (16km)
• Gorges d'Ehujarre (16km)
• Vallée d'Ossau (17km)
• Gorges de Kakouetta (19km)
• Gorges de Kakoetta (19km)
• Col d'Aubisque (23km)
• Gorges d'Holzarté (25km)
• 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

Getting here

Lees-Athas is in the south-west of France. 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.

This page in French: Visiter Lees-Athas