Castans travel guide
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Visit Castans: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Castans is situated in the Aude department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 24 km from Carcassonne, the department capital. (General information: Castans is 606 km from Paris and 840 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Caunes-Minervois at 10 km from Castans
Popular places to visit near Castans: these include Caunes-Minervois at 10 km and Minerve at 22 km.
Gouffre de Cabrespine is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 6km and Minerve is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 22km. 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 Castans, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Castans
See France This Way travel guides for Aude and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Castans.
Note that all distances from Castans shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Castans holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Castans (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 Languedoc-Roussillon and Aude 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 Castans and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l'Évêché (30km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Minerve (22km) : Lagrasse (37km) : Olargues (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Fontfroide (Narbonne) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Fraisse-sur-Agout (34km) :
- Heritage Sites: Carcassonne (24km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Narbonne (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Revel (39km) : Limoux (44km) :
- Grand Site of France: Carcassonne City (24km) :
Map of places to visit near Castans & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Castans
Canton: Peyriac-Minervois
Arrondissement: Carcassonne
Department: Aude
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 11160
Distance to Castans
from Carcassonne: 24 km
from Paris: 606 km
from Calais: 840 km
from Nice: 387 km
from Bordeaux: 291 km
from Strasbourg: 704 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Castans): Albine, Cabrespine, Citou, Lespinassiere and Pradelles-Cabardes.
Getting here
For driving distances to Castans from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Castans