Cassel travel guide
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Visit Cassel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cassel is situated in the Nord department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north-east of France at 45 km from Lille, the department capital. (General information: Cassel is 216 km from Paris and 47 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Omer at 17 km from Cassel
Popular places to visit near Cassel: these include Saint-Omer at 17 km and Aire-sur-la-Lys at 19 km.
Saint-Omer is a listed 'town of art and history' at 17km and Bergues is a listed 'recommended detour' at 19km. 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 Cassel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cassel
See France This Way travel guides for and Nord-Pas-de-Calais (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cassel.
Note that all distances from Cassel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cassel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cassel (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 Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Nord 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 Cassel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le jardin du Manoir-aux-Loups (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame de La Treille (Lille) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Grande-Synthe (27km) : Loon-Plage (29km) : Wattignies (46km) : Tourcoing (48km) : Wasquehal (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Omer (17km) : Lille (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Bergues (19km) : Gravelines (32km) :
Map of places to visit near Cassel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cassel
Canton: Cassel
Arrondissement: Dunkerque
Department: Nord
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Postcode: 59670
Distance to Cassel
from Lille: 45 km
from Paris: 216 km
from Calais: 47 km
from Nice: 867 km
from Bordeaux: 701 km
from Strasbourg: 452 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cassel): Arneke, Bavinchove, Hardifort, Hondeghem, Ledringhem, Ochtezeele, Oudezeele, Oxelaere, Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel, Sainte-Marie-Cappel, Staple, Terdeghem, Wemaers-Cappel, Winnezeele, Zermezeele and Zuytpeene.
Getting here
For driving distances to Cassel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cassel