Castries travel guide
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Visit Castries: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Castries is situated in the Herault department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 11 km from Montpellier, the department capital. (General information: Castries is 589 km from Paris and 824 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Montpellier at 11 km from Castries
Popular places to visit near Castries: these include Montpellier at 11 km and La Grande-Motte at 15 km.
Parc et jardins du château de Flaugergues is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Mortes is a listed 'national monument' at 20km. 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 Castries, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Castries
See France This Way travel guides for Herault and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Castries.
Note that all distances from Castries shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Castries holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Castries (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 Herault 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 Castries and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Flaugergues (9km) : Jardins de la Fontaine (35km) : Bambouseraie de Prafrance (45km) : Jardin des Sambucs (47km) :
- National Monuments: Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Mortes (20km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles) (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Nimes (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (43km) :
- Grand Site of France: Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert / Gorges de l'Herault (36km) : Cirque de Navacelles (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Castries & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Castries
Canton: Castries
Arrondissement: Montpellier
Department: Herault
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 34160
Distance to Castries
from Montpellier: 11 km
from Paris: 589 km
from Calais: 824 km
from Nice: 264 km
from Bordeaux: 386 km
from Strasbourg: 618 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Castries): Baillargues, Beaulieu, Guzargues, Le Cres, Mudaison, Restinclieres, Saint-Aunes, Saint-Bres, Saint-Genies-Des-Mourgues, Sussargues, Teyran and Vendargues.
Getting here
For driving distances to Castries from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Castries