Octon travel guide
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Visit Octon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Octon is situated in the Herault department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 46 km from Montpellier, the department capital. (General information: Octon is 583 km from Paris and 819 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cirque de Moureze at 6 km from Octon
Popular places to visit near Octon: these include Cirque de Moureze at 6 km and Lodeve at 9 km.
Valle du Salagou is a listed 'grand site of france' at 5km and Cirque du Moureze is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 6km. 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 Octon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Octon
See France This Way travel guides for Herault and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Octon.
Note that all distances from Octon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Octon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Octon (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 Herault 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 Octon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin du château de Margon (18km) : Jardin des carrières de Saint-Adrien (25km) :
- National Monuments: Enserune (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert (22km) : La Couvertoirade (29km) : Olargues (33km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Sylvanès (Sylvanes) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Fraisse-sur-Agout (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lodeve (9km) : Pezenas (24km) :
- Grand Site of France: Valle du Salagou (5km) : Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert / Gorges de l'Herault (22km) : Cirque de Navacelles (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Octon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Octon
Canton: Lunas
Arrondissement: Lodève
Department: Herault
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 34800
Distance to Octon
from Montpellier: 46 km
from Paris: 583 km
from Calais: 819 km
from Nice: 319 km
from Bordeaux: 336 km
from Strasbourg: 646 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Octon): Brenas, Celles, Cirque de Moureze, Dio-et-Valquieres, Lavalette, Le Puech, Liausson, Merifons, Moureze and Salasc.
Getting here
For driving distances to Octon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Octon