Granes travel guide
Visit Granes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Rennes-le-Chateau at 4 km from Granes
Location: Granes is situated in the Aude department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 36 km from Carcassonne, the department capital. (General information: Granes is 663 km from Paris and 896 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Granes: these include Rennes-le-Chateau at 4 km and Gorges de l'Aude at 6 km. Limoux is a listed recommended detour at 18 km and Gorges de Galamus is a listed site of natural beauty at 20 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Granes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Granes
See France This Way travel guides for Aude and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Granes.
Note that all distances from Granes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Granes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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 Aude gites and villas
Markets near Granes
- Esperaza: market every Thursday & Sunday (5km)
- Quillan: market every Wednesday & Saturday (6km)
- Limoux: market every Friday all day (18km)
- Belesta: market every Tuesday & Thursday (26km)
- Lavelanet: market every Wednesday & Friday (33km)
- Prades: market every Tuesday (34km)
- Carcassonne: market every Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday (36km)
- Mirepoix: market every Thursday & Monday (37km)
- Ax-les-Thermes: market every Thursday - seasonal market only - (39km)
- Ax-les-Thermes: market every Tuesday & Saturday (39km)
- Ille-sur-Tet: market every Wednesday & Friday (39km)
- Bram: market every Wednesday (40km)
- Millas: market every Tuesday & Thursday (43km)
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 Granes and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Granes map below.
Grand Site Of France Carcassonne City (36km)
Heritage Site Villefranche-de-Conflent enceinte / fort (Vauban fortifications) (35km); Carcassonne (36km)
Most Beautiful Village Mosset (27km); Camon (27km); Eus (33km); Villefranche-de-Conflent (35km); Lagrasse (37km); Castelnou (48km)
Recommended Detour Limoux (18km); Prades (34km)
Regional Natural Parc Pyrenees Catalanes (41km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Sainte Marie de Marcevol (Arboussols) (33km); Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuixa (Codalet) (37km); Eglise de Sainte-Marie (Corneilla-de-Conflent) (38km); Chapelle de Casenoves (Ille-sur-tet) (39km); Eglise de Trinité d'Aregno (Aregno) (39km); Prieuré de Serrabone (Boule-d'Amont) (43km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Carcassonne (36km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Gorges de Galamus (20km); Fontaine Intermittente de Fontestorbes (26km); Orgued d'Ille-sur-Tet (39km); Lac du Bouillouses (42km)
Map of places to visit near Granes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Granès
Canton: Quillan
Arrondissement: Limoux
Department: Aude
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 11500
Distance to Granes
from Carcassonne (local prefecture): 36 km
from Paris: 663 km
from Calais: 896 km
from Nice: 416 km
from Bordeaux: 313 km
from Strasbourg: 763 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Granes): Belvianes-et-Cavirac, Campagne-sur-Aude, Cassaignes, Couiza, Coustaussa, Esperaza, Fa, Gorges de l'Aude, Montazels, Quillan, Rennes-le-Chateau, Rennes-les-Bains, Saint-Ferriol, Saint-Julia-de-Bec, Saint-Just-et-le-Bezu and Saint-Louis-et-Parahou.
Getting here
For driving distances to Granes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Granes