Benay travel guide
Visit Benay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Quentin at 10 km from Benay
Location: Benay is situated in the Aisne department (Picardy region) in the north of France at 32 km from Laon, the department capital. (General information: Benay is 122 km from Paris and 168 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Benay: these include Saint-Quentin at 10 km and Noyon at 29 km. Gauchy is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 8 km and Saint-Quentin is a listed town of art and history at 10 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Benay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Benay
See France This Way travel guides for Aisne and Picardy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Benay.
Note that all distances from Benay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Benay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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 Picardy and Aisne gites and villas
Markets near Benay
- Saint-Quentin: market every Wednesday & Sunday & Friday (9km)
- Tergnier: market every Thursday & Sunday (12km)
- Origny-Sainte-Benoite: market every Thursday (16km)
- Ham: market every Saturday (16km)
- Chauny: market every Friday (17km)
- Fresnoy-le-Grand: market every Monday (22km)
- Bohain-en-Vermandois: market every Friday (28km)
- Guise: market every Saturday (28km)
- Noyon: market every Saturday (29km)
- Laon: market every Thursday (32km)
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 Benay and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Benay map below.
Heritage Site Compiène église Saint-Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (51km)
National Monument Chateau Coucy (26km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (36km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château (29km); Jardin de Bosmont-sur-Serre (40km); Parc du château de Compiègne (52km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Laon (32km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Quentin (10km); Noyon (29km); Laon (32km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Gauchy (8km); Vivaise (24km); Guyencourt-Saulcourt (31km)
Map of places to visit near Benay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Benay
Canton: Moÿ-de-l'Aisne
Arrondissement: Saint-Quentin
Department: Aisne
Region: Picardy
Postcode: 2440
Distance to Benay
from Laon (local prefecture): 32 km
from Paris: 122 km
from Calais: 168 km
from Nice: 738 km
from Bordeaux: 620 km
from Strasbourg: 348 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 19 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Benay): Alaincourt, Berthenicourt, Brissay-Choigny, Brissy-Hamegicourt, Castres, Cerizy, Clastres, Contescourt, Essigny-le-Grand, Fontaine-les-Clercs, Gibercourt, Hinacourt, Itancourt, Jussy, Ly-Fontaine, Montescourt-Lizerolles, Remigny, Urvillers and Vendeuil.
Getting here
For driving distances to Benay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Benay