Carennac travel guide
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Visit Carennac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Carennac is situated in the Lot department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France at 57 km from Cahors, the department capital. (General information: Carennac is 440 km from Paris and 671 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Carennac (page also includes a photo gallery for Carennac)
Popular places to visit near Carennac: these include Loubressac at 8 km and Curemonte at 9 km.
Gouffre de Padirac is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 7km and Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Carennac: One of the 'most beautiful villages in France' (see also beautiful French villages);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Carennac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Carennac
See France This Way travel guides for Lot and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Carennac.
Note that all distances from Carennac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Carennac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Carennac (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 Carennac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (33km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (41km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (43km) : Jardin de la Daille (46km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (46km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (47km) : Jardins du château de Losse (49km) :
- National Monuments: Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau (8km) : Chateau Montal (12km) : Assier Chateau (29km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Loubressac (8km) : Curemonte (9km) : Autoire (10km) : Collonges-la-Rouge (17km) : Turenne (19km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (42km) : Domme (43km) : La Roque-Gageac (45km) : Beynac (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (20km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (41km) : Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (42km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (44km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (41km) : Figeac (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (30km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (16km) :
Map of places to visit near Carennac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Carennac
Canton: Vayrac
Arrondissement: Gourdon
Department: Lot
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 46110
Distance to Carennac
from Cahors: 57 km
from Paris: 440 km
from Calais: 671 km
from Nice: 461 km
from Bordeaux: 182 km
from Strasbourg: 613 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 Carennac): Betaille, Billac, Gintrac, Liourdres, Loubressac, Puybrun, Queyssac-les-Vignes, Saint-Denis-les-Martel, Tauriac and Vayrac.
Getting here
For driving distances to Carennac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Carennac