Sarrance tourism and travel guide
Visit Sarrance: highlights and tourist information
France This Way comment: The small village of Sarrance is in the valley of the Gave d'Aspe and has an interesting church to visit
Sarrance is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Sarrance. For detailed visitor information see the Sarrance travel guide.
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Sarrance in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Popular places to visit nearby include Cathedral Saint-Marie in Oloron-Sainte-Marie at 15 km and Church Sainte-Croix in Oloron-Sainte-Marie at 15 km.
Sarrance, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
Lescun
at 13 km (direction south-south-west)The village of Lescun is close to the Cirque de Lescun and other scenic...
See Lescun guide
Cathedral Saint-Marie in Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Cathedral at 15 km (direction south-south-west)The cathedral of Sainte-Marie is best known for its remarkable 12th century entrance...
See Cathedral Saint-Marie in Oloron-Sainte-Marie guide
Church Sainte-Croix in Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Church at 15 km (direction south-south-west)The Church Sainte-Croix is an interesting roman style church built in the 12th century...
See Church Sainte-Croix in Oloron-Sainte-Marie guide
Oloron-Sainte-Marie
at 16 km (direction south-south-west)There are several sights of interest in Oloron-Saint-Marie including a picturesque section of river...
See Oloron-Sainte-Marie guide
Laruns
at 17 km (direction east-south-east)Laruns is a pretty village, but it is the surrounding mountain scenery that attracts...
See Laruns guide
Eaux-Bonnes
at 19 km (direction east-south-east)Eaux-Bonnes is a 19th century belle-epoque spa town at the base of the Col...
See Eaux-Bonnes guide
Col d'Aubisque
Scenery at 23 km (direction east-south-east)The Col d'Aubisque is a beautiful mountain pass with views of numerous high mountains...
See Col d'Aubisque guide
Gourette
at 24 km (direction east-south-east)Gourette s a small ski station on the route to the Col d'Aubisque near...
See Gourette guide
Pyrenees National Parc
National Parc at 33 km (direction south-east), in the Hautes-Pyrenees departmentThe Pyrenees National Parc contains a great deal of the most beatiful mountain scenery...
See Pyrenees National Parc guide
Chateau de Pau
Castle at 33 km (direction north-east)The Chateau de Pau is an impressive combination of the renaissance and 19th century...
See Chateau de Pau guide
Navarrenx
at 33 km (direction north-north-west)Navarrenx is a traditional fortified French bastide town in the western pyrenees...
See Navarrenx guide
Pau
at 34 km (direction north-east)The large town of Pau is well known for the views from the belvedere...
See Pau guide
Laas
at 42 km (direction north-west)Laas is a pretty village with a castle and roman style church in the...
See Laas guide
Saint-Savin
at 42 km (direction east), in the Hautes-Pyrenees departmentIt is the abbey church in Saint-Savin, and the surrounding countryside, that make a...
See Saint-Savin guide
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Pyrenees-Atlantiques
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Reserve excursions near Sarrance
Map of places to visit near Sarrance
Markets in and near Sarrance
- Bedous: market Thursday (7km)
- Aramits: market Sunday (13km)
- Castet: market Thursday (15km)
- Oloron-Sainte-Marie: market Friday (15km)
- Tardets-Sorholus: market Monday (22km)
- Gan: market Wednesday (26km)
- Monein: market Monday (30km)
- Navarrenx: market Wednesday (33km)
- Pau: market every day except Sunday (33km)
- Mourenx: market Wednesday & Saturday (37km)
More information about Sarrance, Aquitaine
Tourist attractions near Sarrance, France
What to do at Sarrance? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Sarrance.
Heritage sites
- Eglise, Oloron-Sainte-Marie (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (15km)
- Eglise St Blaise (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (26km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardin du château de Momas (46km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Vallée d'Aspe (11km)
- Vallée d'Ossau (17km)
- Cirque de Sainte-Engrâce (19km)
- Cirque de Saint-Engrace (19km)
- Gorges d'Ehujarre (20km)
- Gorges de Kakouetta (22km)
- Gorges de Kakoetta (22km)
- Col d'Aubisque (23km)
- Gorges d'Holzarté (27km)
- Cirque du Litor (28km)
- Grottes de Betharram (34km)
- Forêt d'Iraty (40km)
- Cirque du Lys (41km)
- Cirque du Marcadau (42km)
- Pont d'Espagne (44km)
Towns of Art and history
- Oloron-Sainte-Marie (15km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Pau (33km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Zoo d'Asson (28km)
Geography and distances
Sarrance is in the south-west of France at 34 kilometres from Pau, the department capital (general information: Sarrance is 684 kilometres from Paris).
Geographical Information
Commune: Sarrance
Canton: Accous
Arrondissement: Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Region: Aquitaine
New region: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Postcode: 64490
Distance to Sarrance
from Pau (prefecture): 34 km
from Paris: 684 km
from Calais: 898 km
from Nice: 640 km
from Bordeaux: 199 km
from Strasbourg: 892 km
Getting here
Most visitors fly into Biarritz airport (Bordeaux is another option). Allow at least 8 hours for the drive from the cross-channel ferries. For driving distances to Sarrance from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 3 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Aydius, Escot and Issor.
This page in French: Visiter Sarrance