Port-Vendres tourism and travel guide

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Visit Port-Vendres: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: Port-Vendres is a natural port (unusual here in southern Languedoc), a local fishing town and a yacht harbour

Port-Vendres is situated in the Pyrenees-Orientales department and Occitanie region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Port-Vendres in Occitanie.

Popular places to visit nearby include Collioure at 2 km and Banyuls-sur-Mer at 5 km.

Port-Vendres, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Port Vendres

less than one km (direction south-south-west)

Port-Vendres is a natural port (unusual here in southern Languedoc), a local fishing town...

See Port Vendres guide

Collioure

Seaside resort at 2 km (direction west-north-west)

With a very attractive traditional harbour town to exlore and a small beach, Collioure...

See Collioure guide

Banyuls-sur-Mer

Seaside resort at 5 km (direction south-south-east)

As well as the beach in Banyuls-sur-Mer there is also an old town of...

See Banyuls-sur-Mer guide

Argeles-sur-Mer

Seaside resort at 7 km (direction west-north-west)

The long beach, the forest and the lively town mean Argeles-sur-Mer is a very...

See Argeles-sur-Mer guide

Saint Cyprien - Pyrenees Orientales

Seaside resort at 14 km (direction north-west)

Activity in the seaside resort of Saint-Cyprien is most definitely centred around the beach...

See Saint Cyprien - Pyrenees Orientales guide

Elne

at 14 km (direction west-north-west)

Elne is a quiet town, with the cathedral cloisters among the highlights in the...

See Elne guide

Perpignan Palace of Kings of Majorca

Castle at 26 km (direction north-west), in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department

The Palace of Kings of Majorca is an imposing fortress and royal residence in...

See Perpignan Palace of Kings of Majorca guide

Perpignan

at 26 km (direction north-west)

Those looking for a traditional French town with interesting sites will be pleased to...

See Perpignan guide

Ceret

at 29 km (direction west)

Ceret has an extensive historic town centre and a Picasso Museum among its highlights....

See Ceret guide

Castelnou

Most Beautiful Village at 35 km (direction west-north-west)

The picturesque village of Castelnou, overlooked by a castle, is one of our favourite...

See Castelnou guide

Fort de Salses

Castle at 39 km (direction north-north-west)

The medieval fort of Salses was transformed by Vauban to create a substantial and...

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Arles-sur-Tech

at 39 km (direction west)

The main highlight in Arles-sur-Tech is the Benedictine Abbey and cloisters, mostly dating from...

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Gorges de la Fou

at 39 km (direction west)

In the Gorges de la Fou you can walk along the bottom of one...

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Ille-sur-Tet

at 43 km (direction west-north-west)

In Ille-sur-Tet it is the remarkable rock formations on the edge of the village...

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

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Markets in and near Port-Vendres

Market days in Port-Vendres: weekly market: Saturday;

• Port-Vendres: market Saturday (0km)
• Collioure: market Wednesday & Sunday (2km)
• Banyuls-sur-Mer: market Thursday & Sunday (5km)
• Argeles-sur-Mer: market Sunday & Monday & Tuesday & Thursday - seasonal market only (8km)
• Argeles-sur-Mer: market Wednesday & Saturday (8km)
• Saint-Cyprien: market Tuesday - seasonal market only (14km)
• Saint-Cyprien: market Thursday & Friday (14km)
• Elne: market Wednesday & Friday (14km)
• Canet-en-Roussillon: market Tuesday & Thursday (22km)
• Le Boulou: market Thursday (23km)

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Tourist attractions near Port-Vendres, France

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

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Castelnou (35km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Genis-des-fontaines) (15km)
• Eglise de Notre Dame des Anges (Cabestany) (22km)
• Chapel Saint-Martin de Fenollar (Maureillas-las-Illas) (23km)
• Chapelle de Casenoves (Ille-sur-tet) (43km)
• Prieuré de Serrabone (Boule-d'Amont) (44km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Paulilles (3km)
• Réserve naturelle nationale de Cerbère-Banyuls (7km)
• Étang de Canet-Saint-Nazaire (19km)
• Pic de Fontfrède (30km)
• Étang de Leucate (37km)
• Gorges de la Fou (42km)
• Orgues d'Ille-sur-Tet (43km)

Towns of Art and history

• Perpignan (26km)

Geography and distances

Port-Vendres is in the south of France at 26 kilometres from Perpignan, the department capital (general information: Port-Vendres is 707 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Port-Vendres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 2 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Banyuls-sur-Mer and Collioure.

This page in French: Visiter Port-Vendres