Montsegur travel guide
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Visit Montsegur: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montsegur is situated in the Ariege department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France at 21 km from Foix, the department capital. (General information: Montsegur is 667 km from Paris and 898 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Montsegur
Popular places to visit near Montsegur: these include Ax-les-Thermes at 17 km and Camon at 20 km.
Fontaine Intermittente de Fontestorbes is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 9km and Camon is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 20km. 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 Montsegur, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montsegur
See France This Way travel guides for Ariege and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Montsegur.
Note that all distances from Montsegur shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montsegur holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montsegur (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 Ariege 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 Montsegur and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc aux Bambous (31km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Camon (20km) : Mosset (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Limoux (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Montsegur & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montségur
Canton: Lavelanet
Arrondissement: Foix
Department: Ariege
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 09300
Distance to Montsegur
from Foix: 21 km
from Paris: 667 km
from Calais: 898 km
from Nice: 450 km
from Bordeaux: 292 km
from Strasbourg: 783 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Montsegur): Benaix, Fougax-et-Barrineuf, Montferrier, Saint-Jean-d'Aigues-Vives and Villeneuve-d'Olmes.
Getting here
For driving distances to Montsegur from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montsegur