Carmaux travel guide
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Visit Carmaux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Carmaux is situated in the Tarn department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France at 14 km from Albi, the department capital. (General information: Carmaux is 535 km from Paris and 768 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Albi at 13 km from Carmaux
Popular places to visit near Carmaux: these include Albi at 13 km and Cordes-sur-Ciel at 16 km.
Episcopal City, Albi is a listed 'heritage site' at 13km and Parc Rochegude is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Carmaux: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Carmaux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Carmaux
See France This Way travel guides for Tarn and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Carmaux.
Note that all distances from Carmaux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Carmaux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Carmaux (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 Tarn 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 Carmaux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc Rochegude (13km) : Jardin du palais de la Berbie (13km) : Jardin de Paradis (16km) : Jardins de Quercy (27km) : Jardin des Martels (44km) :
- National Monuments: Beaulieu en Rouergue Abbey (30km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Brousse-le-Chateau (38km) : Bruniquel (39km) : Belcastel (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Cirice (Brousse-le-Chateau) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Albi (14km) : Cayriech (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Episcopal City, Albi (13km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sauveterre-de-Rouergue (23km) : Najac (24km) : Villefranche-de-Rouergue (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gaillac (26km) :
Map of places to visit near Carmaux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Carmaux
Canton: Carmaux
Arrondissement: Albi
Department: Tarn
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 81400
Distance to Carmaux
from Albi: 14 km
from Paris: 535 km
from Calais: 768 km
from Nice: 411 km
from Bordeaux: 234 km
from Strasbourg: 662 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Carmaux): Almayrac, Blaye-les-Mines, Combefa, Labastide-Gabausse, Le Garric, Monesties, Rosieres, Sainte-Gemme, Trevien and Valderies.
Getting here
For driving distances to Carmaux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Carmaux