Cantaron travel guide
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Visit Cantaron: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cantaron is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 8 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Cantaron is 683 km from Paris and 898 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Eze at 5 km from Cantaron
Popular places to visit near Cantaron: these include Eze at 5 km and Villefranche-sur-Mer at 6 km.
Trophy of Augustus is a listed 'national monument' at 7km and Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km. 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 Cantaron, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cantaron
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cantaron.
Note that all distances from Cantaron shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cantaron holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cantaron (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 Cantaron and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (7km) : Jardin botanique (8km) : La citronneraie (15km) : Palais Carnolès (15km) : Serre de la Madone (15km) : Le Vallon du Brec (22km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (25km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (34km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (40km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (41km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (7km) : Saorge Monastery (32km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Sainte-Agnes (12km) : Coaraze (12km) : Gourdon (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nice (8km) : Menton (15km) : Cannes (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Cantaron & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cantaron
Canton: Contes
Arrondissement: Nice
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06340
Distance to Cantaron
from Nice: 8 km
from Paris: 683 km
from Calais: 898 km
from Nice: 8 km
from Bordeaux: 639 km
from Strasbourg: 537 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cantaron): Aspremont, Blausasc, Chateauneuf-Villevieille, Contes, Drap, Eze, Falicon, La Trinite, Peillon and Tourrette-Levens.
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 Cantaron from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cantaron