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Visit Cales: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cales is situated in the Lot department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France at 41 km from Cahors, the department capital. (General information: Cales is 454 km from Paris and 683 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Rocamadour at 6 km from Cales
Popular places to visit near Cales: these include Rocamadour at 6 km and Souillac at 11 km.
Rocamadour is a listed 'grand site of france' at 6km and Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. 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 Cales, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cales
See France This Way travel guides for Lot and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cales.
Note that all distances from Cales shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cales holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cales (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 Cales and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (25km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (26km) : Jardin de la Daille (27km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (29km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (30km) : Jardin de Conty (38km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (39km) : Jardins du château de Losse (40km) : Jardins secrets de Cahors (41km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (46km) :
- National Monuments: Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau (25km) : Chateau Montal (26km) : Assier Chateau (31km) : Font-de-Gaume (42km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (43km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (43km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Carennac (19km) : Loubressac (22km) : Autoire (23km) : Domme (26km) : Turenne (27km) : Curemonte (27km) : La Roque-Gageac (28km) : Collonges-la-Rouge (29km) : Beynac (31km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Carennac) (19km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (26km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (27km) : Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (36km) : Cathédrale de Saint-Étienne (Cahors) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (42km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (42km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cahors (41km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (27km) : Figeac (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (12km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (6km) :
Map of places to visit near Cales & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Calès
Canton: Payrac
Arrondissement: Gourdon
Department: Lot
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 46350
Distance to Cales
from Cahors: 41 km
from Paris: 454 km
from Calais: 683 km
from Nice: 473 km
from Bordeaux: 167 km
from Strasbourg: 632 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 Cales): Lacave, Payrac, Pinsac and Reilhaguet.
Getting here
For driving distances to Cales from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cales