Marsa travel guide
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Visit Marsa: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Marsa is situated in the Aude department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 46 km from Carcassonne, the department capital. (General information: Marsa is 671 km from Paris and 904 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Gorges de l'Aude at 6 km from Marsa
Popular places to visit near Marsa: these include Gorges de l'Aude at 6 km and Quillan at 6 km.
Fontaine Intermittente de Fontestorbes is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 20km and Mosset is a listed 'most beautiful village' 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 Marsa, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Marsa
See France This Way travel guides for Aude and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Marsa.
Note that all distances from Marsa shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Marsa holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Marsa (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 Aude 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 Marsa and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc aux Bambous (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mosset (23km) : Camon (27km) : Villefranche-de-Conflent (31km) : Eus (32km) : Lagrasse (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuixa (Codalet) (33km) : Eglise de Sainte Marie de Marcevol (Arboussols) (33km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie (Corneilla-de-Conflent) (34km) : Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou (Casteil) (40km) : Chapelle de Casenoves (Ille-sur-tet) (42km) : Eglise de Trinité d'Aregno (Aregno) (42km) : Prieuré de Serrabone (Boule-d'Amont) (43km) :
- Heritage Sites: Carcassonne (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Limoux (27km) : Prades (32km) :
- Grand Site of France: Massif du Canigou (42km) : Carcassonne City (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Marsa & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Marsa
Canton: Quillan
Arrondissement: Limoux
Department: Aude
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 11140
Distance to Marsa
from Carcassonne: 46 km
from Paris: 671 km
from Calais: 904 km
from Nice: 426 km
from Bordeaux: 313 km
from Strasbourg: 774 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 Marsa): Artigues, Aunat, Belvianes-et-Cavirac, Bessede-de-Sault, Cailla, Coudons, Ginoles, Gorges de l'Aude, Joucou, Le Clat, Quillan, Quirbajou and Saint-Martin-Lys.
Getting here
For driving distances to Marsa from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Marsa