Contes travel guide
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Visit Contes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Contes is situated in the Pas-de-Calais department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north of France at 59 km from Arras, the department capital. (General information: Contes is 175 km from Paris and 61 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Montreuil at 16 km from Contes
Popular places to visit near Contes: these include Montreuil at 16 km and Le Touquet at 29 km.
Le jardin des Lianes is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Jardins de Valloires is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km. 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 Contes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Contes
See France This Way travel guides for Pas-de-Calais and Nord-Pas-de-Calais (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Contes.
Note that all distances from Contes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Contes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Contes (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 Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Pas-de-Calais 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 Contes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le jardin des Lianes (11km) : Jardins de Valloires (12km) : Jardin du château de Maizicourt (26km) : Parc du château de Sericourt (28km) : Herbarium des remparts (34km) :
- National Monuments: Column of the Grand Army (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Saulve (Montreuil-sur-Mer) (16km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Montreuil-sur-Mer (16km) : Saint-Josse (23km) : Boubers-sur-Canche (23km) : Forest-l'Abbaye (25km) : Le Touquet (29km) : Boulogne-sur-Mer (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Omer (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil (16km) : Saint-Valery-sur-Somme (34km) :
- Grand Site of France: Baie de Somme (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Contes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Contes
Canton: Hesdin
Arrondissement: Montreuil
Department: Pas-de-Calais
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Postcode: 62990
Distance to Contes
from Arras: 59 km
from Paris: 175 km
from Calais: 61 km
from Nice: 846 km
from Bordeaux: 648 km
from Strasbourg: 464 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Contes): Aubin-Saint-Vaast, Beaurainville, Bouin-Plumoison, Cavron-Saint-Martin, Gouy-Saint-Andre, Guisy, Hesdin, Hesmond, Huby-Saint-Leu, La Loge, Loison-sur-Crequoise, Marconne, Marconnelle, Maresquel-Ecquemicourt, Offin and Wambercourt.
Getting here
For driving distances to Contes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Contes