Pezenas tourism and travel guide

Visit Pezenas: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit Attractions Book a visitFrance 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.
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Pezenas. For detailed visitor information see the Pezenas travel guide.
Tourist classifications for Pezenas include "recommended detour" and "secteur sauvegarde".
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Pezenas in Occitanie.
Popular places to visit nearby include Meze at 15 km and Loupian at 15 km.
Pezenas, France: places to visit and attractions
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 de...
See Marseillan guide

Meze
at 15 km (direction east)The harbour is the centre of activity in the fishing village of...
See Meze guide

Loupian
at 15 km (direction east)Take a stroll around the town of Loupian, then visit the 1st...
See Loupian guide

Etang de Thau
at 15 km (direction east-south-east)The large lagoon of the Etang de Thau has several interesting small...
See Etang de Thau guide

Agde
at 17 km (direction south-south-east)Agde is a very pleasant, unspoiled town a few kilometres from the...
See Agde guide

Villeneuvette
at 17 km (direction south-south-east)Villeneuvette is a pretty small village, interesting because it was originally built...
See Villeneuvette guide

Cirque de Moureze
at 19 km (direction north-north-west)The Cirque de Moureze is one of the loveliest scenic spectacles in...
See Cirque de Moureze guide

Bouzigues
at 19 km (direction east)No visit to Bouzigues, on the Etang de Thau, would be complete...
See Bouzigues guide

Clermont-l'Herault
at 19 km (direction east)Clermont-l'Herault is a pleasant place to take a break if you are...
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 near Balaruc-le-Bains, a...
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 on the...
See Cap d'Agde guide
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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).
Geographical Information
Commune: Pezenas
Canton: Pézenas
Arrondissement: Béziers
Department: Herault
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
New region: Occitanie
Postcode: 34120
Distance to Pezenas
from Montpellier (prefecture): 40 km
from Paris: 606 km
from Calais: 841 km
from Nice: 311 km
from Bordeaux: 354 km
from Strasbourg: 660 km
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