Perpignan travel guide

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Visit Perpignan: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Perpignan is situated in the Pyrenees-Orientales department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Pyrenees-Orientales department. (General information: Perpignan is 686 km from Paris and 921 km from the port at Calais).

For a detailed travel guide see Perpignan (page also includes a photo gallery for Perpignan)

Popular places to visit near Perpignan: these include Saint Cyprien - Pyrenees Orientales at 13 km and Elne at 13 km.

Eglise de Notre Dame des Anges (Cabestany) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Genis-des-fontaines) is a listed 'religious monument' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Perpignan: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; Perpignan has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Perpignan, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Perpignan

photo of Elne
Elne 13km
photo of Ceret
Ceret 26km
photo of Leucate
Leucate 26km
photo of Eus
Eus 36km

See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Orientales and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Perpignan.

Note that all distances from Perpignan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Perpignan holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Perpignan (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 Pyrenees-Orientales 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 Perpignan and wondering what to do next!

  1. Beautiful Villages: Castelnou (18km) : Eus (36km) : Villefranche-de-Conflent (45km) : Mosset (45km) : Lagrasse (49km) :
  2. Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame des Anges (Cabestany) (5km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Genis-des-fontaines) (18km) : Chapelle de Casenoves (Ille-sur-tet) (22km) : Eglise de Trinité d'Aregno (Aregno) (22km) : Chapel Saint-Martin de Fenollar (Maureillas-las-Illas) (22km) : Prieuré de Serrabone (Boule-d'Amont) (27km) : Eglise de Sainte Marie de Marcevol (Arboussols) (32km) : Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuixa (Codalet) (42km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie (Corneilla-de-Conflent) (44km) : Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou (Casteil) (45km) :
  3. Recommended Detour Town: Prades (39km) :
  4. Grand Site of France: Massif du Canigou (41km) :

Map of places to visit near Perpignan & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Perpignan

Canton: Perpignan

Arrondissement: Perpignan

Department: Pyrenees-Orientales

Region: Languedoc-Roussillon

Postcode: 66000

Distance to Perpignan

from Perpignan: 0 km

from Paris: 686 km

from Calais: 921 km

from Nice: 372 km

from Bordeaux: 366 km

from Strasbourg: 755 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Perpignan): Baho, Bompas, Cabestany, Canohes, Pia, Saint-Esteve, Saleilles and Toulouges.

Getting here

For driving distances to Perpignan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Perpignan