Lescun tourism and travel guide

Visit Lescun: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit Attractions Book a visitFrance This Way comment: The village of Lescun is close to the Cirque de Lescun and other scenic highlights in the western pyrenees
Lescun is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Lescun. For detailed visitor information see the Lescun travel guide.
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Lescun in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Popular places to visit nearby include Laruns at 18 km and Eaux-Bonnes at 20 km.
Lescun, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Sarrance
at 13 km (direction north-north-east), in the Pyreees-Atlantiques departmentThe small village of Sarrance is in the valley of the Gave...
See Sarrance guide

Laruns
at 18 km (direction east-north-east)Laruns is a pretty village, but it is the surrounding mountain scenery...
See Laruns guide

Eaux-Bonnes
at 20 km (direction east)Eaux-Bonnes is a 19th century belle-epoque spa town at the base of...
See Eaux-Bonnes guide

Col d'Aubisque
Scenery at 24 km (direction east)The Col d'Aubisque is a beautiful mountain pass with views of numerous...
See Col d'Aubisque guide

Gourette
at 25 km (direction east)Gourette s a small ski station on the route to the Col...
See Gourette guide

Pyrenees National Parc
National Parc at 27 km (direction east-south-east), in the Hautes-Pyrenees departmentThe Pyrenees National Parc contains a great deal of the most beatiful...
See Pyrenees National Parc guide

Cathedral Saint-Marie in Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Cathedral at 28 km (direction east-south-east)The cathedral of Sainte-Marie is best known for its remarkable 12th century...
See Cathedral Saint-Marie in Oloron-Sainte-Marie guide

Church Sainte-Croix in Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Church at 28 km (direction east-south-east)The Church Sainte-Croix is an interesting roman style church built in the...
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Oloron-Sainte-Marie
at 29 km (direction east-south-east)There are several sights of interest in Oloron-Saint-Marie including a picturesque section...
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Saint-Savin
at 44 km (direction east), in the Hautes-Pyrenees departmentIt is the abbey church in Saint-Savin, and the surrounding countryside, that...
See Saint-Savin guide

Navarrenx
at 44 km (direction north-north-west)Navarrenx is a traditional fortified French bastide town in the western pyrenees...
See Navarrenx guide

Chateau de Pau
Castle at 45 km (direction north-east)The Chateau de Pau is an impressive combination of the renaissance and...
See Chateau de Pau guide

Pau
at 46 km (direction north-east)The large town of Pau is well known for the views from...
See Pau guide

Lourdes
at 52 km (direction east-north-east), in the Hautes-Pyrenees departmentLourdes is of course very famous as a pilgrimage centre which attracts...
See Lourdes guide
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Map of places to visit near Lescun
Markets in and near Lescun
- Bedous: market Thursday (7km)
- Aramits: market Sunday (22km)
- Castet: market Thursday (23km)
- Tardets-Sorholus: market Monday (27km)
- Oloron-Sainte-Marie: market Friday (28km)
- Gan: market Wednesday (39km)
- Monein: market Monday (43km)
- Navarrenx: market Wednesday (45km)
- Pau: market every day except Sunday (46km)
- Saint-Palais: market Friday (55km)
More information about Lescun, Aquitaine
Tourist attractions near Lescun, France
What to do at Lescun? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Lescun.
Heritage sites
- Eglise, Oloron-Sainte-Marie (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (28km)
- Eglise St Blaise (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (37km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Vallée d'Aspe (3km)
- Gorges d'Ehujarre (16km)
- Cirque de Saint-Engrace (16km)
- Cirque de Sainte-Engrâce (16km)
- Vallée d'Ossau (18km)
- Gorges de Kakoetta (19km)
- Gorges de Kakouetta (19km)
- Col d'Aubisque (24km)
- Gorges d'Holzarté (25km)
- Cirque du Litor (28km)
- Forêt d'Iraty (37km)
- Cirque du Marcadau (37km)
- Cirque du Lys (39km)
- Grottes de Betharram (40km)
- Pont d'Espagne (41km)
Towns of Art and history
- Oloron-Sainte-Marie (28km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Pau (46km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Zoo d'Asson (37km)
Geography and distances
Lescun is in the south-west of France at 46 kilometres from Pau, the department capital (general information: Lescun is 698 kilometres from Paris).
Geographical Information
Commune: Lescun
Canton: Accous
Arrondissement: Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Region: Aquitaine
New region: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Postcode: 64490
Distance to Lescun
from Pau (prefecture): 46 km
from Paris: 698 km
from Calais: 911 km
from Nice: 645 km
from Bordeaux: 212 km
from Strasbourg: 903 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 Lescun from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 5 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Accous, Borce, Cette-Eygun, Etsaut and Lees-Athas.
This page in French: Visiter Lescun