Urcel travel guide
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Visit Urcel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Urcel is situated in the Aisne department (Picardy region) in the north of France at 11 km from Laon, the department capital. (General information: Urcel is 113 km from Paris and 202 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Laon at 9 km from Urcel
Popular places to visit near Urcel: these include Laon at 9 km and Soissons at 21 km.
Laon is a listed 'town of art and history' at 9km and Vivaise is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 14km. 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 Urcel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Urcel
See France This Way travel guides for Aisne and Picardy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Urcel.
Note that all distances from Urcel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Urcel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Urcel (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 Picardy and Aisne 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 Urcel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de Bosmont-sur-Serre (35km) : Jardins du château (41km) : Jardin du château de la Muette (45km) : Jardin botanique de la Presle (48km) : Jardin du donjon de Vez (48km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau Coucy (18km) : Tau Palace (43km) : Towers of Reims Cathedral (43km) : Pierrefonds Chateau (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Berzy-le-Sec (Berzy-le-sec) (25km) : Cathédrale de Reims (Reims) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vivaise (14km) : Ebouleau (31km) : Gauchy (42km) : Reims (43km) : Chamery (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Reims Cathedral, Abbey and Palace (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Laon (9km) : Soissons (21km) : Noyon (41km) : Saint-Quentin (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Urcel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Urcel
Canton: Anizy-le-Château
Arrondissement: Laon
Department: Aisne
Region: Picardy
Postcode: 02000
Distance to Urcel
from Laon: 11 km
from Paris: 113 km
from Calais: 202 km
from Nice: 703 km
from Bordeaux: 604 km
from Strasbourg: 322 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 24 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Urcel): Bourguignon-sous-Montbavin, Braye-en-Laonnois, Chaillevois, Chavignon, Chevregny, Chivy-les-Etouvelles, Clacy-et-Thierret, Colligis-Crandelain, Etouvelles, Filain, Laval-en-Laonnois, Lierval, Lizy, Merlieux-et-Fouquerolles, Monampteuil, Mons-en-Laonnois, Montbavin, Nouvion-le-Vineux, Pargny-Filain, Presles-et-Thierny, Royaucourt-et-Chailvet, Trucy, Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt and Vaudesson.
Getting here
For driving distances to Urcel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Urcel