Carcanieres travel guide
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Visit Carcanieres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Carcanieres is situated in the Ariege department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France at 50 km from Foix, the department capital. (General information: Carcanieres is 683 km from Paris and 916 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Quillan at 19 km from Carcanieres
Popular places to visit near Carcanieres: these include Quillan at 19 km and Gorges de l'Aude at 19 km.
Lac du Bouillouses is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 18km and Mosset is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 20km. 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 Carcanieres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Carcanieres
See France This Way travel guides for Ariege and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Carcanieres.
Note that all distances from Carcanieres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Carcanieres holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Carcanieres (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 Ariege 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 Carcanieres and wondering what to do next!
- Beautiful Villages: Mosset (20km) : Villefranche-de-Conflent (25km) : Eus (30km) : Camon (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Sainte-Marie (Corneilla-de-Conflent) (28km) : Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuixa (Codalet) (28km) : Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou (Casteil) (32km) : Eglise de Sainte Marie de Marcevol (Arboussols) (33km) : Prieuré de Serrabone (Boule-d'Amont) (41km) : Chapelle de Casenoves (Ille-sur-tet) (42km) : Eglise de Trinité d'Aregno (Aregno) (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Prades (28km) : Limoux (39km) :
- Grand Site of France: Massif du Canigou (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Carcanieres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Carcanières
Canton: Quérigut
Arrondissement: Foix
Department: Ariege
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 09460
Distance to Carcanieres
from Foix: 50 km
from Paris: 683 km
from Calais: 916 km
from Nice: 432 km
from Bordeaux: 320 km
from Strasbourg: 786 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 Carcanieres): Artigues, Campagna-de-Sault, Escouloubre, Fontanes-de-Sault, Le Bousquet, Le Pla, Le Puch, Mijanes, Querigut and Rouze.
Getting here
For driving distances to Carcanieres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Carcanieres