Castelnou travel guide
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Visit Castelnou: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Castelnou is situated in the Pyrenees-Orientales department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 18 km from Perpignan, the department capital. (General information: Castelnou is 694 km from Paris and 928 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Castelnou (page also includes a photo gallery for Castelnou)
Popular places to visit near Castelnou: these include Ille sur Tet at 9 km and Ceret at 15 km.
Orgued d'Ille-sur-Tet is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 9km and Chapelle de Casenoves (Ille-sur-tet) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Castelnou: One of the 'most beautiful villages in France' (see also beautiful French villages);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Castelnou, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Castelnou
See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Orientales and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Castelnou.
Note that all distances from Castelnou shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Castelnou holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Castelnou (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 Pyrenees-Orientales 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 Castelnou and wondering what to do next!
- Beautiful Villages: Eus (20km) : Villefranche-de-Conflent (28km) : Mosset (29km) :
- Religious monuments: Chapelle de Casenoves (Ille-sur-tet) (9km) : Eglise de Trinité d'Aregno (Aregno) (9km) : Prieuré de Serrabone (Boule-d'Amont) (10km) : Chapel Saint-Martin de Fenollar (Maureillas-las-Illas) (16km) : Eglise de Sainte Marie de Marcevol (Arboussols) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Genis-des-fontaines) (20km) : Eglise de Notre Dame des Anges (Cabestany) (21km) : Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuixa (Codalet) (25km) : Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou (Casteil) (27km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie (Corneilla-de-Conflent) (27km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Perpignan (18km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Prades (23km) :
- Grand Site of France: Massif du Canigou (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Castelnou & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Castelnou
Canton: Thuir
Arrondissement: Perpignan
Department: Pyrenees-Orientales
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 66300
Distance to Castelnou
from Perpignan: 18 km
from Paris: 694 km
from Calais: 928 km
from Nice: 389 km
from Bordeaux: 361 km
from Strasbourg: 770 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Castelnou): Caixas, Camelas, Corbere, Corbere-les-Cabanes, Llupia, Montauriol, Terrats and Thuir.
Getting here
For driving distances to Castelnou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Castelnou