Maxou travel guide
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Visit Maxou: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Maxou is situated in the Lot department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France at 10 km from Cahors, the department capital. (General information: Maxou is 485 km from Paris and 714 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cahors at 10 km from Maxou
Popular places to visit near Maxou: these include Cahors at 10 km and Saint-Cirq-Lapopie at 20 km.
Jardins secrets de Cahors is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Cathédrale de Saint-Étienne (Cahors) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. 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 Maxou, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Maxou
See France This Way travel guides for Lot and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Maxou.
Note that all distances from Maxou shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Maxou holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Maxou (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 Lot 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 Maxou and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins secrets de Cahors (10km) : Jardin de la Daille (24km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (35km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (35km) : Jardin du Pèlerin (39km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (39km) : Jardin de Conty (43km) :
- National Monuments: Assier Chateau (38km) : Beaulieu en Rouergue Abbey (49km) : Chateau Montal (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (20km) : Domme (35km) : La Roque-Gageac (38km) : Lauzerte (39km) : Beynac (41km) : Belves (43km) : Monpazier (46km) : Autoire (46km) : Loubressac (47km) : Carennac (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Saint-Étienne (Cahors) (10km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (35km) : Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (40km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (43km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Carennac) (48km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lacour) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cahors (10km) : Cayriech (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (43km) : Figeac (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (32km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (32km) :
Map of places to visit near Maxou & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Maxou
Canton: Catus
Arrondissement: Cahors
Department: Lot
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 46090
Distance to Maxou
from Cahors: 10 km
from Paris: 485 km
from Calais: 714 km
from Nice: 474 km
from Bordeaux: 163 km
from Strasbourg: 659 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Maxou): Boissieres, Calamane, Espere, Francoules, Gigouzac, Mechmont, Mercues, Nuzejouls, Saint-Denis-Catus, Saint-Pierre-Lafeuille and Valroufie.
Getting here
For driving distances to Maxou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Maxou