Cancale travel guide
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Visit Cancale: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cancale is situated in the Ille-et-Vilaine department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 64 km from Rennes, the department capital. (General information: Cancale is 309 km from Paris and 367 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Cancale (page also includes a photo gallery for Cancale)
Popular places to visit near Cancale: these include Cancale at 2 km and Emerald Coast at 12 km.
Pointe du Grouin is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 4km and Saint-Malo is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Cancale: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Cancale, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cancale
See France This Way travel guides for Ille-et-Vilaine and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cancale.
Note that all distances from Cancale shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cancale holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cancale (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 Brittany and Ille-et-Vilaine 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 Cancale and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Montmarin (18km) : Jardins du château de la Bourbansais (31km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (35km) : Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (36km) : Parc du château de Caradeuc (43km) : Argences (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Malo (13km) : Dinard (15km) : Saint-Juvat (39km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (26km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Dinan (29km) : Coutances (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Granville (26km) :
- Grand Site of France: Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (26km) : Cap d'Erquy / Cap Frehel (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Cancale & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cancale
Canton: Cancale
Arrondissement: Saint-Malo
Department: Ille-et-Vilaine
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 35260
Distance to Cancale
from Rennes: 64 km
from Paris: 309 km
from Calais: 367 km
from Nice: 893 km
from Bordeaux: 438 km
from Strasbourg: 705 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cancale): Saint-Coulomb and Saint-Meloir-Des-Ondes.
Getting here
Ille-et-Vilaine is in the north-west of France. Most visitors Most UK visitors arrive by car with the cross-channel ferry port at Saint Malo keeping driving time to a minimum. For driving distances to Cancale from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cancale