Les Sables-d'Olonne, Coastal resort in Vendée, France
Les Sables-d'Olonne stretches along the Atlantic coast, featuring a three-kilometer sandy beach lined with a promenade and nineteenth-century seaside villas.
Founded in 1218 by Savary I de Mauléon, the town became France's largest cod-fishing port in the seventeenth century with 14,000 inhabitants.
The Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix, housed in a seventeenth-century building, displays modern art collections including works by Gaston Chaissac and Victor Brauner.
The train station provides direct connections to Paris, while the marina offers 1,500 berths for boats of various sizes.
The Vendée Globe, a solo non-stop sailing race around the world, has departed from Les Sables-d'Olonne's port every four years since 1989.
Location: Vendée
Location: arrondissement of Les Sables-d'Olonne
Elevation above the sea: 10 m
Shares border with: Château-d'Olonne, Olonne-sur-Mer
Address: 5 Dom. de la Bonnetié, 81700 Saint-Germain-des-Prés, France 85100 Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Phone: +33684183246
Website: http://lessablesdolonne.fr
GPS coordinates: 46.49639,-1.78472
Latest update: June 14, 2025 10:08
List of natural, cultural, and historical sites in Vendée, including the Noirmoutier and Yeu islands, Puy du Fou, medieval castles, marshes, museums, beaches, and nature reserves. The department offers a variety of heritage between the Atlantic coast, farmland, and marshlands, with historical monuments from the Middle Ages to contemporary times.
L'ile Penote
150 m
Parc zoologique des Sables d'Olonnes
2.6 km
L'Armendèche lighthouse
1.7 km
Les salines
2.6 km
Château de Pierre-Levée
4.4 km
La Tour d'Arundel
887 m
Muséum du Coquillage
169 m
Hospital Blockhouse Museum
583 m
Musée Sainte-Croix
595 m
Villa Mirasol
169 m
Phare de la Potence
1.2 km
Château Saint-Clair
897 m
Villa Blanche
166 m
Plage de la Paracou
2.8 km
Pierres jumelles d'Olonne-sur-Mer
4.5 km
Villa Sans Souci
626 m
Poissonnerie Pilote
191 m
Le Ptit Natien
464 m
Église Sainte-Marie d'Olonne-sur-Mer
4.6 km
Prieuré Sainte-Croix
610 m
Église Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Port des Sables-d'Olonne
118 m
Les Sables-d'Olonne West Jetty light
1.2 km
Plage de l'Aubraie
3.1 km
Les Sables-d'Olonne East Jetty Light
836 m
Immeuble 1, 3, 5, 7 rue Travot, 4, 4bis place Maréchal-Foch
149 m
Abbatiale Saint-Jean de l'abbaye Saint-Jean d'Orbestier
3.9 km
Église Sainte-Marie-des-Olonnes des Sables-d'Olonne
234 m
Chapelle du prieuré Saint-Nicolas des Sables-d'Olonne
1 kmReviews
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