Carantec travel guide
Book Hotels
Reserve online, pay at the hotel
'Best price guaranteed' by booking.com
See also: France car hire
Visit Carantec: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Carantec is situated in the Finistere department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 76 km from Quimper, the department capital. (General information: Carantec is 459 km from Paris and 485 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Pol-de-Leon at 5 km from Carantec
Popular places to visit near Carantec: these include Saint-Pol-de-Leon at 5 km and Plouezoch at 7 km.
Cairn de Barnenez is a listed 'national monument' at 7km and Jardin exotique is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Hover your mouse over photos of Carantec for navigation buttons
Selected places to visit and attractions near Carantec, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Carantec
See France This Way travel guides for Finistere and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Carantec.
Note that all distances from Carantec shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Carantec holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Carantec (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 Finistere 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 Carantec and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin exotique (9km) : Jardin Delasselle (11km) : Arboretum de Poërop (36km) :
- National Monuments: Cairn de Barnenez (7km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Lannion (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Carantec & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Carantec
Canton: Taulé
Arrondissement: Morlaix
Department: Finistere
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 29660
Distance to Carantec
from Quimper: 76 km
from Paris: 459 km
from Calais: 485 km
from Nice: 1021 km
from Bordeaux: 496 km
from Strasbourg: 856 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Carantec): Henvic, Locquenole, Plouenan, Roscoff and Saint-Pol-de-Leon.
Getting here
Finistere is in the north-west of France. Most visitors Most UK visitors arrive by car from one of the many cross-channel ports along the Brittany and Normandy coast. These are typically within 2 hours drive. For driving distances to Carantec from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Carantec