Watten travel guide
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Visit Watten: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Watten is situated in the Nord department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north-east of France at 64 km from Lille, the department capital. (General information: Watten is 220 km from Paris and 28 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Omer at 10 km from Watten
Popular places to visit near Watten: these include Saint-Omer at 10 km and Gravelines at 18 km.
Saint-Omer is a listed 'town of art and history' at 10km and Gravelines is a listed 'recommended detour' at 18km. 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 Watten, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Watten
See France This Way travel guides for and Nord-Pas-de-Calais (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Watten.
Note that all distances from Watten shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Watten holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Watten (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 Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Nord 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 Watten and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La ferme du mont des Récollets (20km) :
- National Monuments: Column of the Grand Army (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Loon-Plage (18km) : Grande-Synthe (21km) : Boulogne-sur-Mer (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Omer (10km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gravelines (18km) : Bergues (22km) :
- Grand Site of France: Cap Blanc-Nez / Cap Gris-Nez (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Watten & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Watten
Canton: Bourbourg
Arrondissement: Dunkerque
Department: Nord
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Postcode: 59143
Distance to Watten
from Lille: 64 km
from Paris: 220 km
from Calais: 28 km
from Nice: 879 km
from Bordeaux: 698 km
from Strasbourg: 470 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Watten): Eperlecques, Holque, Houlle, Merckeghem, Millam, Moulle, Nieurlet, Ruminghem, Saint-Momelin, Serques and Wulverdinghe.
Getting here
For driving distances to Watten from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Watten