Rennes-le-Chateau travel guide
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Visit Rennes-le-Chateau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Rennes-le-Chateau is situated in the Aude department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 33 km from Carcassonne, the department capital. (General information: Rennes-le-Chateau is 659 km from Paris and 893 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Rennes-le-Chateau
Popular places to visit near Rennes-le-Chateau: these include Rennes-les-Bains at 4 km and Quillan at 9 km.
Limoux is a listed 'recommended detour' at 15km and Gorges de Galamus is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 20km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Rennes-le-Chateau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Rennes-le-Chateau
See France This Way travel guides for Aude and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Rennes-le-Chateau.
Note that all distances from Rennes-le-Chateau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rennes-le-Chateau holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Rennes-le-Chateau (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 Aude 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 Rennes-le-Chateau and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc aux Bambous (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Camon (26km) : Mosset (29km) : Lagrasse (34km) : Eus (35km) : Villefranche-de-Conflent (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Sainte Marie de Marcevol (Arboussols) (35km) : Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuixa (Codalet) (40km) : Eglise de Trinité d'Aregno (Aregno) (41km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie (Corneilla-de-Conflent) (41km) : Chapelle de Casenoves (Ille-sur-tet) (41km) : Prieuré de Serrabone (Boule-d'Amont) (45km) : Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou (Casteil) (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Carcassonne (33km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Limoux (15km) : Prades (37km) :
- Grand Site of France: Carcassonne City (32km) : Massif du Canigou (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Rennes-le-Chateau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rennes-le-Château
Canton: Couiza
Arrondissement: Limoux
Department: Aude
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 11190
Distance to Rennes-le-Chateau
from Carcassonne: 33 km
from Paris: 659 km
from Calais: 893 km
from Nice: 414 km
from Bordeaux: 311 km
from Strasbourg: 759 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Rennes-le-Chateau): Antugnac, Campagne-sur-Aude, Cassaignes, Conilhac-de-la-Montagne, Couiza, Coustaussa, Esperaza, Granes, Luc-sur-Aude, Montazels, Peyrolles, Rennes-les-Bains, Saint-Ferriol, Saint-Just-et-le-Bezu and Serres.
Getting here
For driving distances to Rennes-le-Chateau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rennes-le-Chateau