Camelas tourism and travel guide
Photo is of Castelnou at 2 km from Camelas
Visit Camelas: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsCamelas is situated in the Pyrenees-Orientales department and Languedoc-Roussillon region (now part of the Occitanie region), in the south of France at 19 kilometres from Perpignan, the department capital (general information: Camelas is 693 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Castelnou at 2 km and Ille-sur-Tet at 7 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Camelas, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Camelas in Occitanie.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Pyrenees-Orientales
Map of places to visit near Camelas
Markets in and near Camelas
- Thuir: market Saturday (6km)
- Ille-sur-Tet: market Wednesday & Friday (7km)
- Millas: market Tuesday & Thursday (7km)
- Toulouges: market Tuesday & Friday (13km)
- Ceret: market Saturday (17km)
- Le Boulou: market Thursday (17km)
- Amelie-les-Bains-Palalda: market Thursday (17km)
- Perpignan: market Every day (19km)
- Prades: market Tuesday (21km)
- Rivesaltes: market Monday (22km)
More information about Camelas, Languedoc-Roussillon
Tourist attractions near Camelas, France
What to do at Camelas? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Camelas.
Grand sites of France
- Massif du Canigou (22km)
Heritage sites
- Villefranche-de-Conflent enceinte / fort (Vauban fortifications) (27km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Castelnou (2km)
- Eus (19km)
- Villefranche-de-Conflent (27km)
- Mosset (28km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Prades (21km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Chapelle de Casenoves (Ille-sur-tet) (7km)
- Prieuré de Serrabone (Boule-d'Amont) (9km)
- Eglise de Sainte Marie de Marcevol (Arboussols) (15km)
- Chapel Saint-Martin de Fenollar (Maureillas-las-Illas) (18km)
- Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Genis-des-fontaines) (22km)
- Eglise de Notre Dame des Anges (Cabestany) (22km)
- Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuixa (Codalet) (24km)
- Eglise de Sainte-Marie (Corneilla-de-Conflent) (26km)
- Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou (Casteil) (27km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Orgues d'Ille-sur-Tet (7km)
- Gorges de la Fou (20km)
- Pic de Fontfrède (21km)
- Pic du Canigou (22km)
- Étang de Canet-Saint-Nazaire (26km)
- Gorges de Galamus (28km)
- Étang de Leucate (35km)
- Réserve naturelle régionale de Nyer (35km)
- Paulilles (38km)
- Gorges de l'Orbieu (42km)
- Réserve naturelle nationale de Cerbère-Banyuls (43km)
- Gorges de la Pierre-Lys (45km)
Towns of Art and history
- Perpignan (19km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Camelas
Canton: Thuir
Arrondissement: Perpignan
Department: Pyrenees-Orientales
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
New region: Occitanie
Postcode: 66300
Distance to Camelas
from Perpignan (prefecture): 19 km
from Paris: 693 km
from Calais: 927 km
from Nice: 390 km
from Bordeaux: 359 km
from Strasbourg: 770 km
Getting here
For driving distances to Camelas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 10 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Boule-d'Amont, Caixas, Casefabre, Castelnou, Corbere, Corbere-les-Cabanes, Ille-sur-Tet, Saint-Feliu-d'Avall, Saint-Michel-de-Llotes and Thuir.
This page in French: Visiter Camelas
