Carayac travel guide
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Visit Carayac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Carayac is situated in the Lot department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France at 40 km from Cahors, the department capital. (General information: Carayac is 480 km from Paris and 712 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Faycelles at 6 km from Carayac
Popular places to visit near Carayac: these include Faycelles at 6 km and Cajarc at 9 km.
Figeac is a listed 'town of art and history' at 11km and Assier Chateau is a listed 'national 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 Carayac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Carayac
See France This Way travel guides for Lot and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Carayac.
Note that all distances from Carayac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Carayac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Carayac (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 Midi-Pyrenees and Lot 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 Carayac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins secrets de Cahors (40km) : Jardins de Quercy (40km) : Jardin d'Eden du château du Colombier (49km) :
- National Monuments: Assier Chateau (15km) : Chateau Montal (36km) : Beaulieu en Rouergue Abbey (38km) : Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (22km) : Autoire (35km) : Belcastel (37km) : Loubressac (37km) : Conques (38km) : Carennac (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Saint-Étienne (Cahors) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Carennac) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cahors (40km) : Cayriech (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Figeac (11km) : Villefranche-de-Rouergue (24km) : Najac (37km) : Sauveterre-de-Rouergue (48km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Carayac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Carayac
Canton: Cajarc
Arrondissement: Figeac
Department: Lot
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 46160
Distance to Carayac
from Cahors: 40 km
from Paris: 480 km
from Calais: 712 km
from Nice: 437 km
from Bordeaux: 200 km
from Strasbourg: 632 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Carayac): Ambeyrac, Balaguier-d'Olt, Beduer, Camboulit, Faycelles, Frontenac, Grealou, Larroque-Toirac, Montbrun, Saint-Pierre-Toirac and Saujac.
Getting here
For driving distances to Carayac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Carayac