Mende travel guide
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Visit Mende: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Mende is situated in the Lozere department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Lozere department. (General information: Mende is 490 km from Paris and 726 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Mende
Popular places to visit near Mende: these include Cevennes National Park at 17 km and Marvejols at 17 km.
Marvejols is a listed 'recommended detour' at 17km and Sainte-Enimie is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Mende: Part of the Pays d'art et d'histoire du Mende region;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Mende, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mende
See France This Way travel guides for Lozere and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Mende.
Note that all distances from Mende shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mende holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Mende (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 Lozere 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 Mende and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Tomple (38km) : Jardin du mas de l'Abri (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Sainte-Enimie (18km) : La Garde-Guerin (33km) : Pradelles (42km) : Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Marvejols (17km) :
- Grand Site of France: Gorges du Tarn (19km) :
Map of places to visit near Mende & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mende
Canton: Mende
Arrondissement: Mende
Department: Lozere
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 48000
Distance to Mende
from Mende: 0 km
from Paris: 490 km
from Calais: 726 km
from Nice: 315 km
from Bordeaux: 324 km
from Strasbourg: 557 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Mende): Badaroux, Balsieges, Brenoux, Chastel-Nouvel, Le Born and Saint-Bauzile.
Getting here
For driving distances to Mende from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mende