Pont-Croix tourism and travel guide
Visit Pont-Croix: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit AttractionsFrance This Way comment: The Collegiale Church of Notre-Dame de Roscudon and the narow surrounding streets are the highlight of your visit to Pont-Croix
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Pont-Croix. For detailed visitor information see the Pont-Croix travel guide.
Pont-Croix is situated in the Finistere department and Brittany region, in the north-west of France at 30 kilometres from Quimper, the department capital (general information: Pont-Croix is 512 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Douarnenez at 13 km and Ile-de-Sein at 19 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Pont-Croix, 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 Pont-Croix in Brittany.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Finistere
Map of places to visit near Pont-Croix
Markets in and near Pont-Croix
Market days in Pont-Croix: weekly market: Thursday;
- Pont-Croix: market Thursday (0km)
- Audierne: market Wednesday & Saturday (4km)
- Douarnenez: market Wednesday & Monday & Friday (13km)
- Crozon: market Monday (23km)
- Pont-l'Abbe: market Thursday all day (28km)
- Penmarch: market Friday (28km)
- Quimper: market Wednesday all day & Sunday & Saturday all day (29km)
- Combrit: market Wednesday (30km)
- Guilvinec: market Sunday - seasonal market only (31km)
- Guilvinec: market Tuesday (31km)
More information about Pont-Croix, Brittany
Tourist attractions near Pont-Croix, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Pont-Croix.
Aquarium
- Océanopolis (39km)
Enclos paroissial churches
- Argol (26km)
- Plougastel-Daoulas (38km)
- Pleyben (44km)
- Brasparts (49km)
- Sizun (51km)
- Lannedern (53km)
- Commana (57km)
Grand sites of France
- Pointe du Raz (19km)
Heritage sites
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Ile-de-Sein (19km)
- Locronan (22km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Saint-Renan (44km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Armorique (34km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardin du prieuré de Locmaria (30km)
- Jardin du château de Lanniron (30km)
- Parc botanique de Cornouaille (30km)
- Conservatoire botanique du Stangalac'h (39km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Pointe de Penhir (25km)
- Baie de Douarnenez (25km)
- Menez-Hom (27km)
- Marais de Mousterlin (41km)
- Presqu'île de Kermorvan (42km)
- Archipel des Glénan (51km)
- Mont Saint-Michel de Brasparts (53km)
Towns of Art and history
- Quimper (29km)
- Concarneau (47km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Brest (39km)
Geography and distances
Distance to Pont-Croix
from Quimper (prefecture): 30 km
from Paris: 512 km
from Calais: 560 km
from Nice: 1029 km
from Bordeaux: 466 km
from Strasbourg: 906 km
Getting here
Pont-Croix is in the north-west of France. Most visitors Most UK visitors arrive by car from one of the many cross-channel ports along the Brittany and Normandy coast. These are typically within 2 hours drive. For driving distances to Pont-Croix from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Audierne, Beuzec-Cap-Sizun, Esquibien, Mahalon, Plouhinec and Poullan-sur-Mer.
This page in French: Visiter Pont-Croix
