Arques travel guide
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Visit Arques: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Arques is situated in the Aude department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 29 km from Carcassonne, the department capital. (General information: Arques is 656 km from Paris and 890 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Rennes-les-Bains at 6 km from Arques
Popular places to visit near Arques: these include Rennes-les-Bains at 6 km and Rennes-le-Chateau at 9 km.
Gorges de Galamus is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 16km and Limoux is a listed 'recommended detour' at 17km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Arques, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Arques
See France This Way travel guides for Aude and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Arques.
Note that all distances from Arques shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Arques holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Arques (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Languedoc-Roussillon and Aude gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Arques and wondering what to do next!
- Beautiful Villages: Lagrasse (25km) : Mosset (32km) : Camon (34km) : Eus (35km) : Villefranche-de-Conflent (40km) : Castelnou (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Sainte Marie de Marcevol (Arboussols) (34km) : Eglise de Trinité d'Aregno (Aregno) (37km) : Chapelle de Casenoves (Ille-sur-tet) (37km) : Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuixa (Codalet) (41km) : Prieuré de Serrabone (Boule-d'Amont) (43km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie (Corneilla-de-Conflent) (43km) : Abbaye de Fontfroide (Narbonne) (45km) : Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou (Casteil) (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Carcassonne (29km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Limoux (17km) : Prades (37km) :
- Grand Site of France: Carcassonne City (28km) : Massif du Canigou (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Arques & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Arques
Canton: Couiza
Arrondissement: Limoux
Department: Aude
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 11190
Distance to Arques
from Carcassonne: 29 km
from Paris: 656 km
from Calais: 890 km
from Nice: 405 km
from Bordeaux: 316 km
from Strasbourg: 752 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Arques): Fourtou, Missegre, Peyrolles, Rennes-les-Bains, Serres, Sougraigne, Terroles, Valmigere and Veraza.
Getting here
For driving distances to Arques from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Arques