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Vannes travel guide

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Visit Vannes: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Vannes is situated in the Morbihan department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Morbihan department. (General information: Vannes is 401 km from Paris and 496 km from the port at Calais).

For a detailed travel guide see Vannes (page also includes a photo gallery for Vannes)

Popular places to visit near Vannes: these include Morbihan Gulf at 7 km and Ile-d'Arz at 8 km. Golfe du Morbihan is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 7km and La Vraie-Croix is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Vannes: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*; Vannes has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);

Selected places to visit and attractions near Vannes, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

Morbihan Gulf 7km

Ile-d'Arz 8km

Ile aux Moines 9km

Sarzeau 14km

Sainte-Anne d'Auray 15km

Arzon 16km

Saint-Goustan 16km

Locmariaquer 17km

Auray 17km

Port de Crouesty 17km

Port Navalo 17km

Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys 18km

La Trinite sur Mer 22km

Carnac 25km

Carnac Plage 26km

Rochefort-en-Terre 32km

Things to see in Vannes and nearby

Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Vannes

'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Kerambar’h (26km) : Parc Victor Chevassu (46km) :
National Monuments: Megaliths of Locmariaquer (17km) : Megalithic site of Carnac (25km) :
Beautiful Villages: Carnac (25km) :
Town / village in bloom 4*: La Vraie-Croix (16km) : Rochefort-en-Terre (32km) : La Gacilly (49km) :
Recommended Detour Town: Guerande (44km) :
Grand Site of France: Massif Dunaire de Gavres-Quiberon (45km) :