Douai travel guide
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Visit Douai: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Douai is situated in the Nord department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north-east of France at 30 km from Lille, the department capital. (General information: Douai is 176 km from Paris and 108 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Arras at 24 km from Douai
Popular places to visit near Douai: these include Arras at 24 km and Cambrai at 25 km.
Mastaing is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 18km and Arras is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 23km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Douai: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Douai, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Douai
See France This Way travel guides for and Nord-Pas-de-Calais (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Douai.
Note that all distances from Douai shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Douai holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Douai (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 Nord 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 Douai and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le parc Barbieux (35km) : Le jardin du Manoir-aux-Loups (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame de La Treille (Lille) (30km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Mastaing (18km) : Arras (23km) : Wattignies (25km) : Wasquehal (34km) : Roubaix (37km) : Tourcoing (40km) : Guyencourt-Saulcourt (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Cambrai (25km) : Lille (30km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (26km) :
Map of places to visit near Douai & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Douai
Canton: Douai
Arrondissement: Douai
Department: Nord
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Postcode: 59500
Distance to Douai
from Lille: 30 km
from Paris: 176 km
from Calais: 108 km
from Nice: 806 km
from Bordeaux: 673 km
from Strasbourg: 391 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 20 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Douai): Anhiers, Auby, Brebieres, Corbehem, Courcelles-les-Lens, Courchelettes, Cuincy, Dechy, Esquerchin, Ferin, Flers-en-Escrebieux, Goeulzin, Guesnain, Lambres-Lez-Douai, Lauwin-Planque, Raches, Roost-Warendin, Roucourt, Sin-le-Noble and Waziers.
Getting here
For driving distances to Douai from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Douai