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Visit Carros: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Carros is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 12 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Carros is 675 km from Paris and 892 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vence at 9 km from Carros
Popular places to visit near Carros: these include Vence at 9 km and Nice at 11 km.
Baou de Saint-Jeannet is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 6km and Jardin botanique is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Carros: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Carros, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Carros
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Carros.
Note that all distances from Carros shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Carros holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Carros (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 Provence and Alpes-Maritimes 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 Carros and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin botanique (11km) : Le Vallon du Brec (12km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (15km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (24km) : La citronneraie (25km) : Serre de la Madone (25km) : Palais Carnolès (25km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (26km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (35km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (35km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (17km) : Saorge Monastery (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coaraze (12km) : Gourdon (19km) : Sainte-Agnes (22km) : Seillans (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (30km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nice (12km) : Menton (25km) : Cannes (30km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (26km) :
Map of places to visit near Carros & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Carros
Canton: Carros
Arrondissement: Grasse
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06510
Distance to Carros
from Nice: 12 km
from Paris: 675 km
from Calais: 892 km
from Nice: 11 km
from Bordeaux: 629 km
from Strasbourg: 535 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 Carros): Aspremont, Bouyon, Castagniers, Colomars, Gattieres, La Roquette-sur-Var, Le Broc, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet and Saint-Martin-du-Var.
Getting here
Alpes-Maritimes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice airport. Coming from the UK by car the route takes about 12 hours (can be busy in summer). For driving distances to Carros from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Carros