Castanet travel guide
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Visit Castanet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Castanet is situated in the Aveyron department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the southern-centre of France at 24 km from Rodez, the department capital. (General information: Castanet is 509 km from Paris and 742 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sauveterre-de-Rouergue at 7 km from Castanet
Popular places to visit near Castanet: these include Sauveterre-de-Rouergue at 7 km and Belcastel at 13 km.
Sauveterre-de-Rouergue is a listed 'town of art and history' at 7km and Belcastel is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 13km. 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 Castanet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Castanet
See France This Way travel guides for Aveyron and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Castanet.
Note that all distances from Castanet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Castanet holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Castanet (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 Aveyron 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 Castanet and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin d'Eden du château du Colombier (25km) : Jardins de Quercy (34km) : Jardin de Paradis (36km) : Parc Rochegude (41km) : Jardin du palais de la Berbie (41km) :
- National Monuments: Beaulieu en Rouergue Abbey (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Belcastel (13km) : Conques (37km) : Brousse-le-Chateau (41km) : Estaing (43km) : Saint-Come-d'Olt (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Cirice (Brousse-le-Chateau) (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Albi (41km) :
- Heritage Sites: Episcopal City, Albi (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sauveterre-de-Rouergue (7km) : Villefranche-de-Rouergue (22km) : Najac (26km) : Figeac (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Castanet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Castanet
Canton: Baraqueville-Sauveterre
Arrondissement: Rodez
Department: Aveyron
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 12240
Distance to Castanet
from Rodez: 24 km
from Paris: 509 km
from Calais: 742 km
from Nice: 403 km
from Bordeaux: 235 km
from Strasbourg: 635 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Castanet): Gramond, Pradinas and Rieupeyroux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Castanet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Castanet