Pezenas tourism and travel guide

Visit Pezenas: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: The wide range of architecture and its unspoiled character make Pezenas one of our favourite towns in the region

Pezenas is situated in the Herault department and Occitanie region.

Tourist classifications for Pezenas include "recommended detour" and "secteur sauvegarde".

Popular places to visit nearby include Meze at 15 km and Loupian at 15 km. For more sites to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Pezenas, 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 Pezenas in Occitanie.

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

Marseillan

at 14 km (direction south-east)

Marseillan is one of the liveliest harbour towns on the Etng...

See Marseillan guide

Meze

at 15 km (direction east)

The harbour is the centre of activity in the fishing...

See Meze guide

Loupian

at 15 km (direction east)

Take a stroll around the town of Loupian, then visit...

See Loupian guide

Etang de Thau

at 15 km (direction east-south-east)

The large lagoon of the Etang de Thau has several...

See Etang de Thau guide

Agde

at 17 km (direction south-south-east)

Agde is a very pleasant, unspoiled town a few...

See Agde guide

Villeneuvette

at 17 km (direction south-south-east)

Villeneuvette is a pretty small village, interesting because it...

See Villeneuvette guide

Cirque de Moureze

at 19 km (direction north-north-west)

The Cirque de Moureze is one of the loveliest...

See Cirque de Moureze guide

Bouzigues

at 19 km (direction east)

No visit to Bouzigues, on the Etang de Thau, would...

See Bouzigues guide

Clermont-l'Herault

at 19 km (direction east)

Clermont-l'Herault is a pleasant place to take a break if...

See Clermont-l'Herault guide

Balaruc-le-Vieux

at 21 km (direction east)

Balaruc-le-Vieux is a small village on the Etang-de-Thau and...

See Balaruc-le-Vieux guide

Beziers

at 21 km (direction west-south-west)

Beziers is a lively, thriving town with a good number of interesting...

See Beziers guide

Le Lac-du-Salagou

at 22 km (direction north-north-west)

The Lac-du-Salagou is a popular leisure lake with a wide range of...

See Le Lac-du-Salagou guide

Sete

at 23 km (direction east)

Sete is a very active harbour town on the Etang de Thu...

See Sete guide

Cap d'Agde

Seaside resort at 24 km (direction south-south-east)

The resort at Cap d'Agde is one of the liveliest...

See Cap d'Agde guide

... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Herault

Map of places to visit near Pezenas

Markets in and near Pezenas

Market days in Pezenas: weekly market: Saturday all day;

• Pezenas: market Saturday all day (0km)
• Paulhan: market Thursday (9km)
• Bessan: market Tuesday & Sunday (11km)
• Marseillan: market Monday & Wednesday & Friday & Saturday - seasonal market only (14km)
• Marseillan: market Tuesday (14km)
• Agde: market Tuesday & Wednesday - seasonal market only (16km)
• Agde: market Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (16km)
• Portiragnes: market Every day except Thursday & Saturday - seasonal market only (19km)
• Balaruc-les-Bains: market Tuesday & Friday (21km)
• Sete: market Wednesday & Monday & Friday (23km)

More information about Pezenas, Languedoc-Roussillon

Tourist attractions near Pezenas, France

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

Aquarium

• Mare Nostrum (43km)

Grand sites of France

• Valle du Salagou (22km)
• Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert / Gorges de l'Herault (32km)

Heritage sites

• Saint Jean de Fos pont du diable (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (30km)
• St Guilhem le Desert ancienne abbaye (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (32km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert (32km)
• Olargues (43km)

National Monuments

• Enserune (30km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Lodeve (32km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Narbonnaise en Méditerranée (42km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye de Sylvanès (Sylvanes) (56km)
• Abbaye de Fontfroide (Narbonne) (58km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc et jardin du château de Margon (10km)
• Jardin des carrières de Saint-Adrien (11km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Flaugergues (43km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Beziers (22km)
• Montpellier (40km)
• Narbonne (45km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Céressou (10km)
• Etang de Thau (17km)
• Etangs du Bagnas (19km)
• Cirque de Mourèze (19km)
• Cirque du Moureze (19km)
• Grotte de la Clamouse (29km)
• Étangs palavasiens (35km)
• Gouffre de l'Œil Doux (35km)
• Mont Caroux (39km)
• Forêt de Fontfroide (58km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Le Caylar (46km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Lunaret (41km)
• African reserve of Sigean (58km)

Geography and distances

Pezenas is in the south of France at 40 kilometres from Montpellier, the department capital (general information: Pezenas is 606 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Pezenas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 9 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Aumes, Castelnau-de-Guers, Caux, Cazouls-d'Herault, Lezignan-la-Cebe, Montagnac, Nezignan-l'Eveque, Tourbes and Valros.

This page in French: Visiter Pezenas