Cagnes-sur-Mer travel guide
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Visit Cagnes-sur-Mer: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cagnes-sur-Mer is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 11 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Cagnes-sur-Mer is 685 km from Paris and 903 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Cagnes-sur-Mer (page also includes a photo gallery for Cagnes-sur-Mer)
Popular places to visit near Cagnes-sur-Mer: these include Saint-Paul-de-Vence at 4 km and Biot at 6 km.
Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Baou de Saint-Jeannet is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Cagnes-sur-Mer: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cagnes-sur-Mer
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cagnes-sur-Mer.
Note that all distances from Cagnes-sur-Mer shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cagnes-sur-Mer holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cagnes-sur-Mer (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 Provence and Alpes-Maritimes 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 Cagnes-sur-Mer and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (9km) : Jardin botanique (10km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (15km) : Le Vallon du Brec (17km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (19km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (23km) : La citronneraie (31km) : Serre de la Madone (31km) : Palais Carnolès (31km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (48km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (22km) : Frejus Cathedral cloisters (42km) : Saorge Monastery (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Gourdon (15km) : Coaraze (25km) : Sainte-Agnes (29km) : Seillans (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (17km) : Eglise de St Raphaël (Saint-Raphael) (40km) : Cathédrale Saint Léonce (Frejus) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nice (11km) : Cannes (17km) : Menton (31km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (18km) : Frejus (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Cagnes-sur-Mer & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cagnes-sur-Mer
Canton: Cagnes-sur-Mer
Arrondissement: Grasse
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06800
Distance to Cagnes-sur-Mer
from Nice: 11 km
from Paris: 685 km
from Calais: 903 km
from Nice: 11 km
from Bordeaux: 629 km
from Strasbourg: 549 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cagnes-sur-Mer): Biot, La Colle-sur-Loup, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, Saint-Paul, Saint-Paul-de-Vence and Villeneuve-Loubet.
Getting here
Alpes-Maritimes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice airport. Coming from the UK by car the route takes about 12 hours (can be busy in summer). For driving distances to Cagnes-sur-Mer from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cagnes-sur-Mer