Lille travel guide
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Visit Lille: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lille is situated in the Nord department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north-east of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Nord department. (General information: Lille is 204 km from Paris and 92 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Lille
Popular places to visit near Lille: these include Roubaix at 10 km and Arras at 45 km.
Wattignies is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 5km and Wasquehal is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 6km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Lille: Lille has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Lille, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lille
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 Lille.
Note that all distances from Lille shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lille holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lille (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 Lille and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le parc Barbieux (8km) : Le jardin du Manoir-aux-Loups (17km) : La ferme du mont des Récollets (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Wattignies (5km) : Wasquehal (6km) : Roubaix (10km) : Tourcoing (12km) : Mastaing (41km) : Arras (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Lille & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lille
Canton: Lille
Arrondissement: Lille
Department: Nord
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Postcode: 59000
Distance to Lille
from Lille: 0 km
from Paris: 204 km
from Calais: 92 km
from Nice: 833 km
from Bordeaux: 700 km
from Strasbourg: 407 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 18 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lille): Emmerin, Faches-Thumesnil, Haubourdin, La Madeleine, Lambersart, Lesquin, Lezennes, Lompret, Loos, Marcq-en-Baroeul, Marquette-Lez-Lille, Ronchin, Saint-Andre-Lez-Lille, Sequedin, Verlinghem, Wambrechies, Wasquehal and Wattignies.
Getting here
For driving distances to Lille from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lille