What to see in Lorient, from Flore on
Visitors to Lorient can choose from 7 attractions, 6 museums and 3 forts. 7 places to visit are mapped in Lorient, with 13 more within 5 km of its centre. At 10 km, Abbaye de la Joie is worth the journey.
Must-know places in Lorient
Close behind Flore are 3 museums, a fort and an attraction.
MuseumFlorein town
MuseumCité de la voile Éric-Tabarlyin townFortFortRemparts de Lorientin town
MuseumEspace Découverte du sous-marin Florein townMuseumMuseumMusée sous-marin du Pays de Lorientin townAttractionAttractionAbris de Défense Passivein townBest known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
On the map
Musée national de la Marine de Port-Louis marks the outer edge, 4.7 km away.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Lorient; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
The types of place
Other sights lead the count with 7; 6 are museums or galleries.
Dark: in Lorient. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Every place to visit
The 7 inside Lorient come first, then 13 more within 5 km of its centre.
Espace Découverte du sous-marin Flore
Naval museum and tourist attraction in Brittany, France.
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10Musée national de la Marine de Port-Louis
Maritime museum in Port-Louis, France.
The 7 places in Lorient first, then those within 5 km of its centre.
Further out, the best known
The 5 days out are led by Abbaye de la Joie, 10 km away.
ChâteauAbbaye de la Joie10 km northeast, in HennebontAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé18 km northwest, in Quimperlé
MuseumMusée de Préhistoire de Carnac29 km southeast, in CarnacMuseumMuseumMusée de Pont-Aven30 km northwest, in Pont-AvenChâteauChâteauChâteau de Rustéphan31 km northwest, in Pont-AvenPlaces within 40 km of Lorient with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Seeing Lorient: your questions
What is there to see in Lorient?
The first on our list in Lorient are Flore, Cité de la voile Éric-Tabarly, Remparts de Lorient and Espace Découverte du sous-marin Flore. We list 7 places in town. Another 13 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Lorient?
6 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Flore, Cité de la voile Éric-Tabarly, Espace Découverte du sous-marin Flore and Musée sous-marin du Pays de Lorient.
What well-known places are within a day out of Lorient?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Abbaye de la Joie (10 km), Abbaye Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé (18 km), Musée de Préhistoire de Carnac (29 km), Musée de Pont-Aven (30 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Lorient, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Flore: Pline, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cité de la voile Éric-Tabarly: Pline, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Espace Découverte du sous-marin Flore: user:XIIIfromTOKYO, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Soye: Parcdesoye, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée de la Compagnie des Indes: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée national de la Marine de Port-Louis: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abbaye de la Joie: Tsaag Valren, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée de Préhistoire de Carnac: Szilas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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