Desvres travel guide
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Visit Desvres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Desvres is situated in the Pas-de-Calais department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north of France at 79 km from Arras, the department capital. (General information: Desvres is 205 km from Paris and 31 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Boulogne-sur-Mer at 16 km from Desvres
Popular places to visit near Desvres: these include Boulogne-sur-Mer at 16 km and Montreuil at 23 km.
Caps et Marais d'Opale is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 11km and Column of the Grand Army is a listed 'national monument' at 17km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Desvres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Desvres
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 Desvres.
Note that all distances from Desvres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Desvres holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Desvres (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 Desvres and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Valloires (36km) : Le jardin des Lianes (42km) : La ferme du mont des Récollets (49km) :
- National Monuments: Column of the Grand Army (17km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Saulve (Montreuil-sur-Mer) (23km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Boulogne-sur-Mer (17km) : Le Touquet (23km) : Montreuil-sur-Mer (23km) : Saint-Josse (25km) : Loon-Plage (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Omer (32km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil (23km) : Gravelines (41km) :
- Grand Site of France: Cap Blanc-Nez / Cap Gris-Nez (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Desvres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Desvres
Canton: Desvres
Arrondissement: Boulogne-sur-Mer
Department: Pas-de-Calais
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Postcode: 62240
Distance to Desvres
from Arras: 79 km
from Paris: 205 km
from Calais: 31 km
from Nice: 876 km
from Bordeaux: 673 km
from Strasbourg: 485 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Desvres): Becourt, Bournonville, Brunembert, Courset, Cremarest, Doudeauville, Longfosse, Menneville, Questrecques, Saint-Martin-Choquel, Samer, Selles, Wierre-Au-Bois and Wirwignes.
Getting here
For driving distances to Desvres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Desvres