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Visit Cancon: Highlights and Tourist Information
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).
Note: The photo above was taken in Monflanquin at 11 km from Cancon
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 11km and Eglise de Sainte Livrade (Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km. 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 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 hotels in and near to Cancon (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 Aquitaine and Lot-et-Garonne 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 Cancon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Ets Latour-Marliac (19km) : Parc et potager de Pouthet (23km) : Jardins de Beauchamp (37km) : Jardin du cloître Notre-Dame (37km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (40km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (41km) : Jardin de Conty (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Monflanquin (11km) : Pujols (17km) : Monpazier (27km) : Belves (40km) : Limeuil (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Sainte Livrade (Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot) (15km) : Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (28km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Frespech) (30km) : Cathédrale Saint Caprais d'Agen (Agen) (37km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lacour) (37km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (40km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (41km) : Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (41km) : Abbaye de Saint Maurin (Saint-Maurin) (42km) : Eglise de Sainte Marie (Aubiac) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 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: 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!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
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