Bannes travel guide
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Visit Bannes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bannes is situated in the Lot department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France at 55 km from Cahors, the department capital. (General information: Bannes is 451 km from Paris and 683 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Cere at 6 km from Bannes
Popular places to visit near Bannes: these include Saint-Cere at 6 km and Autoire at 9 km.
Chateau Montal is a listed 'national monument' at 7km and Autoire is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 9km. 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 Bannes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bannes
See France This Way travel guides for Lot and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bannes.
Note that all distances from Bannes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bannes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bannes (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 Lot 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 Bannes and wondering what to do next!
- National Monuments: Chateau Montal (7km) : Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau (12km) : Assier Chateau (15km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Autoire (9km) : Loubressac (11km) : Carennac (18km) : Curemonte (24km) : Collonges-la-Rouge (34km) : Turenne (37km) : Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (43km) : Conques (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Carennac) (18km) : Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Figeac (26km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (41km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Bannes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bannes
Canton: Saint-Céré
Arrondissement: Figeac
Department: Lot
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 46400
Distance to Bannes
from Cahors: 55 km
from Paris: 451 km
from Calais: 683 km
from Nice: 444 km
from Bordeaux: 196 km
from Strasbourg: 612 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bannes): Aynac, Espeyroux, Ladirat, Latouille-Lentillac, Leyme, Molieres, Saint-Cere, Saint-Jean-Lagineste, Saint-Jean-Lespinasse, Saint-Medard-de-Presque, Saint-Paul-de-Vern, Saint-Vincent-du-Pendit and Terrou.
Getting here
For driving distances to Bannes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bannes