Metz travel guide
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Visit Metz: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Metz is situated in the Moselle department (Lorraine region) in the north-east of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Moselle department. (General information: Metz is 279 km from Paris and 367 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Metz
Popular places to visit near Metz: these include Metz at 3 km and Rodemack at 37 km.
Rombas is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 13km and Parc du château de Pange is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Metz: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*; Metz has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Metz, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Metz
See France This Way travel guides for and Lorraine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Metz.
Note that all distances from Metz shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Metz holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Metz (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 France and Moselle 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 Metz and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Pange (16km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Rombas (13km) : Nancy (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Metz & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Metz
Canton: Metz
Arrondissement: Metz-Ville
Department: Moselle
Region: Lorraine
Postcode: 57000
Distance to Metz
from Metz: 0 km
from Paris: 279 km
from Calais: 367 km
from Nice: 610 km
from Bordeaux: 699 km
from Strasbourg: 132 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 25 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Metz): Ban-Saint-Martin, Bronvaux, Chatel-Saint-Germain, Chieulles, Jussy, La Maxe, Lessy, Longeville-les-Metz, Lorry-les-Metz, Malroy, Mey, Montigny-les-Metz, Moulins-les-Metz, Norroy-le-Veneur, Plappeville, Plesnois, Rozerieulles, Saint-Julien-les-Metz, Sainte-Ruffine, Saulny, Scy-Chazelles, Semecourt, Vantoux, Vaux and Woippy.
Getting here
For driving distances to Metz from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Metz