Arques travel guide
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Visit Arques: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Arques is situated in the Aveyron department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the southern-centre of France at 18 km from Rodez, the department capital. (General information: Arques is 506 km from Paris and 741 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Rodez at 18 km from Arques
Popular places to visit near Arques: these include Rodez at 18 km and Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt at 20 km.
Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 20km and Saint-Come-d'Olt is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 22km. 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 Aveyron and Midi-Pyrenees (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 Midi-Pyrenees and Aveyron 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!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin d'Eden du château du Colombier (26km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt (20km) : Saint-Come-d'Olt (22km) : Estaing (28km) : Peyre (30km) : Belcastel (38km) : Brousse-le-Chateau (38km) : Conques (45km) : Sainte-Enimie (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Cirice (Brousse-le-Chateau) (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sauveterre-de-Rouergue (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Marvejols (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Gorges du Tarn (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Arques & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Arques
Canton: Pont-de-Salars
Arrondissement: Rodez
Department: Aveyron
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 12290
Distance to Arques
from Rodez: 18 km
from Paris: 506 km
from Calais: 741 km
from Nice: 364 km
from Bordeaux: 273 km
from Strasbourg: 607 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Arques): Le Vibal, Pont-de-Salars, Segur and Severac-l'Eglise.
Getting here
For driving distances to Arques from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Arques