Le Cres travel guide
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Visit Le Cres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Le Cres is situated in the Herault department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 6 km from Montpellier, the department capital. (General information: Le Cres is 592 km from Paris and 827 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Montpellier at 6 km from Le Cres
Popular places to visit near Le Cres: these include Montpellier at 6 km and Palavas-les-Flots at 13 km.
Parc et jardins du château de Flaugergues is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km and Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Mortes is a listed 'national monument' at 22km. 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 Le Cres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Cres
See France This Way travel guides for Herault and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Le Cres.
Note that all distances from Le Cres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Cres holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Le Cres (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 Languedoc-Roussillon and Herault 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 Le Cres and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Flaugergues (5km) : Jardins de la Fontaine (40km) : Jardin des Sambucs (47km) : Bambouseraie de Prafrance (48km) :
- National Monuments: Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Mortes (22km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert (33km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles) (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Nimes (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (45km) : Pezenas (46km) :
- Grand Site of France: Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert / Gorges de l'Herault (32km) : Cirque de Navacelles (44km) : Valle du Salagou (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Le Cres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Crès
Canton: Castelnau-le-Lez
Arrondissement: Montpellier
Department: Herault
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 34920
Distance to Le Cres
from Montpellier: 6 km
from Paris: 592 km
from Calais: 827 km
from Nice: 268 km
from Bordeaux: 383 km
from Strasbourg: 622 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Cres): Assas, Baillargues, Castelnau-le-Lez, Castries, Clapiers, Jacou, Mauguio, Montpellier, Saint-Aunes, Teyran and Vendargues.
Getting here
For driving distances to Le Cres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Cres