Castillon travel guide
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Visit Castillon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Castillon is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 22 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Castillon is 683 km from Paris and 897 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sainte-Agnes at 4 km from Castillon
Popular places to visit near Castillon: these include Sainte-Agnes at 4 km and Sospel at 5 km.
Sainte-Agnes is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 4km and La citronneraie is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Castillon: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Castillon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Castillon
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Castillon.
Note that all distances from Castillon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Castillon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Castillon (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 Castillon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La citronneraie (7km) : Palais Carnolès (7km) : Serre de la Madone (7km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (19km) : Jardin botanique (22km) : Le Vallon du Brec (35km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (40km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (42km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (48km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (11km) : Saorge Monastery (18km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Sainte-Agnes (4km) : Coaraze (15km) : Gourdon (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Menton (7km) : Nice (22km) : Cannes (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Castillon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Castillon
Canton: Sospel
Arrondissement: Nice
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06500
Distance to Castillon
from Nice: 22 km
from Paris: 683 km
from Calais: 897 km
from Nice: 22 km
from Bordeaux: 649 km
from Strasbourg: 529 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 Castillon): Castellar, Gorbio, Peille, Sainte-Agnes and Sospel.
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 Castillon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Castillon