Castagniers travel guide
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Visit Castagniers: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Castagniers is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 11 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Castagniers is 676 km from Paris and 892 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nice at 10 km from Castagniers
Popular places to visit near Castagniers: these include Nice at 10 km and Coaraze at 10 km.
Baou de Saint-Jeannet is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 9km and Jardin botanique is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Castagniers: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Castagniers, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Castagniers
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Castagniers.
Note that all distances from Castagniers shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Castagniers holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Castagniers (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 Castagniers and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin botanique (10km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (13km) : Le Vallon du Brec (15km) : La citronneraie (22km) : Palais Carnolès (22km) : Serre de la Madone (22km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (25km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (29km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (35km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (38km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (15km) : Saorge Monastery (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coaraze (10km) : Sainte-Agnes (18km) : Gourdon (22km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (32km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nice (11km) : Menton (22km) : Cannes (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Castagniers & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Castagniers
Canton: Levens
Arrondissement: Nice
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06670
Distance to Castagniers
from Nice: 11 km
from Paris: 676 km
from Calais: 892 km
from Nice: 10 km
from Bordeaux: 632 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 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Castagniers): Aspremont, Bendejun, Carros, Chateauneuf-Villevieille, Colomars, Falicon, Gattieres, La Roquette-sur-Var, Le Broc, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Martin-du-Var and Tourrette-Levens.
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 Castagniers from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Castagniers