Cancon travel guide
Visit Cancon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Monflanquin at 11 km from Cancon
Location: Cancon is situated in the Lot-et-Garonne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 37 km from Agen, the department capital. (General information: Cancon is 498 km from Paris and 719 km from the port at Calais).
Market days in Cancon: weekly market: Monday; (markets take place in the morning unless indicated)
Popular places to visit near Cancon: these include Monflanquin at 11 km and Castillonnes at 13 km. Monflanquin is a listed most beautiful village at 11 km and Eglise de Sainte Livrade (Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot) is a listed religious monument at 15 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 Cancon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cancon
See France This Way travel guides for Lot-et-Garonne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cancon.
Note that all distances from Cancon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cancon 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 Aquitaine and Lot-et-Garonne gites and villas
Markets near Cancon
- Cancon: market every Monday (0km)
- Monflanquin: market every Thursday (11km)
- Castillonnes: market every Friday - seasonal market only - (14km)
- Castillonnes: market every Tuesday (14km)
- Villereal: market every Wednesday - seasonal market only - (15km)
- Villereal: market every Saturday (15km)
- Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot: market every Friday (15km)
- Pujols: market every Sunday (17km)
- Castelmoron-sur-Lot: market every Wednesday (18km)
- Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot: market every Saturday (21km)
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 Cancon and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Cancon map below.
Heritage Site Saint-Avit Eglise (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (31km); Le-Buisson-de-Cadouin eglise abbatiale (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (36km); Agen cathédrale St Caprais (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (37km)
Most Beautiful Village Monflanquin (11km); Pujols (17km); Monpazier (27km); Belves (40km); Limeuil (44km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Sainte Livrade (Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot) (15km); Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (28km); Eglise Notre Dame (Frespech) (30km); Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lacour) (37km); Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (40km); Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (41km); Abbaye de Saint Maurin (Saint-Maurin) (42km); Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (46km)
Remarkable Garden Ets Latour-Marliac (19km); Parc et potager de Pouthet (23km); Jardin du cloître Notre-Dame (37km); Jardins de Beauchamp (37km); Jardins de la Bourlie (40km); Jardin de Planbuisson (41km); Jardin de Conty (45km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Monpazier (27km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Bergerac (37km)
Map of places to visit near Cancon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cancon
Canton: Cancon
Arrondissement: Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Department: Lot-et-Garonne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 47290
Distance to Cancon
from Agen (local prefecture): 37 km
from Paris: 498 km
from Calais: 719 km
from Nice: 538 km
from Bordeaux: 101 km
from Strasbourg: 706 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cancon): Beaugas, Boudy-de-Beauregard, Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe, Lougratte, Moulinet, Saint-Eutrope-de-Born, Saint-Maurice-de-Lestapel and Saint-Pastour.
Getting here
Lot-et-Garonne is in the south-west of France. Most visitors fly into the airports at Bordeaux or Bergerac. To drive from the UK allow around 10-11 hours driving time. For driving distances to Cancon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cancon