Ascou travel guide
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Visit Ascou: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ascou is situated in the Ariege department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France at 35 km from Foix, the department capital. (General information: Ascou is 683 km from Paris and 915 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ax-les-Thermes at 2 km from Ascou
Popular places to visit near Ascou: these include Ax-les-Thermes at 2 km and Montsegur at 17 km.
Lac du Bouillouses is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 20km and Fontaine Intermittente de Fontestorbes is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 21km. 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 Ascou, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ascou
See France This Way travel guides for Ariege and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ascou.
Note that all distances from Ascou shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ascou holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ascou (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 Ariege 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 Ascou and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc aux Bambous (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Camon (35km) : Mosset (40km) : Villefranche-de-Conflent (44km) : Eus (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Sainte-Marie (Corneilla-de-Conflent) (46km) : Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuixa (Codalet) (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Prades (47km) : Limoux (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Ascou & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ascou
Canton: Ax-les-Thermes
Arrondissement: Foix
Department: Ariege
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 09110
Distance to Ascou
from Foix: 35 km
from Paris: 683 km
from Calais: 915 km
from Nice: 452 km
from Bordeaux: 306 km
from Strasbourg: 796 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 Ascou): Ax-les-Thermes, Caussou, Ignaux, Orgeix, Orlu, Savignac-les-Ormeaux, Sorgeat, Tignac and Vaychis.
Getting here
For driving distances to Ascou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ascou