Sainte-Croix travel guide

Sainte-Croix photo, taken in Villefranche-de-Rouergue France

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Visit Sainte-Croix: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Sainte-Croix is situated in the Aveyron department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the southern-centre of France at 49 km from Rodez, the department capital. (General information: Sainte-Croix is 493 km from Paris and 725 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Villefranche-de-Rouergue at 10 km from Sainte-Croix

Popular places to visit near Sainte-Croix: these include Villefranche-de-Rouergue at 10 km and Cajarc at 12 km.

Villefranche-de-Rouergue is a listed 'town of art and history' at 10km and Figeac is a listed 'town of art and history' 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 Sainte-Croix, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sainte-Croix

photo of Cajarc
Cajarc 12km
photo of Figeac
Figeac 20km
photo of Najac
Najac 23km
photo of Maurs
Maurs 37km
photo of Conques
Conques 39km
photo of Mourjou
Mourjou 41km

See France This Way travel guides for Aveyron and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sainte-Croix.

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

Sainte-Croix holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sainte-Croix (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 Aveyron 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 Sainte-Croix and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Quercy (27km) : Jardin de Paradis (40km) : Jardins secrets de Cahors (42km) : Jardin d'Eden du château du Colombier (43km) :
  2. National Monuments: Beaulieu en Rouergue Abbey (26km) : Assier Chateau (29km) : Chateau Montal (49km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (24km) : Belcastel (29km) : Conques (39km) : Bruniquel (48km) : Autoire (49km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Saint-Étienne (Cahors) (42km) :
  5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Cayriech (37km) : Cahors (42km) :
  6. Towns of Art and History: Villefranche-de-Rouergue (10km) : Figeac (20km) : Najac (23km) : Sauveterre-de-Rouergue (36km) :

Map of places to visit near Sainte-Croix & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Sainte-Croix

Canton: Villeneuve

Arrondissement: Villefranche-de-Rouergue

Department: Aveyron

Region: Midi-Pyrenees

Postcode: 12260

Distance to Sainte-Croix

from Rodez: 49 km

from Paris: 493 km

from Calais: 725 km

from Nice: 431 km

from Bordeaux: 207 km

from Strasbourg: 640 km

* distances are direct not by road!

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

More information

We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sainte-Croix): La Capelle-Balaguier, Martiel, Ols-et-Rinhodes, Saint-Remy, Toulonjac and Villeneuve.

Getting here

For driving distances to Sainte-Croix from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Sainte-Croix