Foix travel guide
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Visit Foix: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Foix is situated in the Ariege department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Ariege department. (General information: Foix is 657 km from Paris and 887 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Foix (page also includes a photo gallery for Foix)
Popular places to visit near Foix: these include Foix at 1 km and Pamiers at 16 km.
Pyrenees Ariegeoises is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 15km and Parc aux Bambous is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 23km. 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 Foix, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Foix
See France This Way travel guides for Ariege and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Foix.
Note that all distances from Foix shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Foix holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Foix (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 Midi-Pyrenees and Ariege 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 Foix and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc aux Bambous (23km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Camon (30km) : Saint-Lizier (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Foix & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Foix
Canton: Foix
Arrondissement: Foix
Department: Ariege
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 09000
Distance to Foix
from Foix: 0 km
from Paris: 657 km
from Calais: 887 km
from Nice: 465 km
from Bordeaux: 271 km
from Strasbourg: 784 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Foix): Arabaux, Brassac, Cos, Ferrieres-sur-Ariege, Ganac, Gudas, Loubieres, Pradieres, Prayols, Saint-Jean-de-Verges, Saint-Martin-de-Caralp, Saint-Pierre-de-Riviere and Vernajoul.
Getting here
For driving distances to Foix from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Foix