Castres travel guide
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Visit Castres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Castres is situated in the Aisne department (Picardy region) in the north of France at 39 km from Laon, the department capital. (General information: Castres is 124 km from Paris and 161 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Quentin at 6 km from Castres
Popular places to visit near Castres: these include Saint-Quentin at 6 km and Noyon at 30 km.
Gauchy is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 3km and Saint-Quentin is a listed 'town of art and history' at 6km. 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 Castres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Castres
See France This Way travel guides for Aisne and Picardy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Castres.
Note that all distances from Castres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Castres holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Castres (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 Picardy and Aisne 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 Castres and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château (32km) : Jardin de Bosmont-sur-Serre (45km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau Coucy (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (30km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Gauchy (3km) : Guyencourt-Saulcourt (24km) : Vivaise (31km) : Ebouleau (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Quentin (6km) : Noyon (30km) : Laon (39km) : Cambrai (40km) : Soissons (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Castres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Castres
Canton: Saint-Simon
Arrondissement: Saint-Quentin
Department: Aisne
Region: Picardy
Postcode: 02680
Distance to Castres
from Laon: 39 km
from Paris: 124 km
from Calais: 161 km
from Nice: 744 km
from Bordeaux: 622 km
from Strasbourg: 355 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 22 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Castres): Artemps, Attilly, Benay, Contescourt, Dallon, Essigny-le-Grand, Etreillers, Fluquieres, Fontaine-les-Clercs, Francilly-Selency, Gauchy, Grugies, Happencourt, Harly, Holnon, Roupy, Rouvroy, Saint-Quentin, Savy, Seraucourt-le-Grand, Tugny-et-Pont and Urvillers.
Getting here
For driving distances to Castres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Castres