Cantaing-sur-Escaut tourism and travel guide

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Visit Cantaing-sur-Escaut: highlights and tourist information

Cantaing-sur-Escaut is situated in the Nord department and Hauts-de-France region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Cantaing-sur-Escaut in Hauts-de-France.

Popular places to visit nearby include Cambrai at 5 km and Douai at 25 km.

Cantaing-sur-Escaut, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Cambrai

at 5 km (direction east)

Remarkably for the town that was the site of the world's first ever tank...

See Cambrai guide

Douai

at 25 km (direction north-north-west)

Douai has a pleasant old town and one of the most impressive belfries in...

See Douai guide

Peronne

at 29 km (direction south-west), in the Somme department

The town of Péronne is above all known for its impressive Museum commemorating life...

See Peronne guide

Arras Carriere Wellington

Monument at 31 km (direction west-north-west), in the Pas-de-Calais department

The Carrière Wellington museum in Arras is a series of tunnels that were used...

See Arras Carriere Wellington guide

Arras

at 32 km (direction west-north-west), in the Pas-de-Calais department

The belfry and the large number of baroque style houses make the centre of...

See Arras guide

Saint-Quentin

at 35 km (direction south-south-east), in the Aisne department

In the central square in Saint-Quentin, the 16th century town hall is a remarkable...

See Saint-Quentin guide

Le Quesnoy

at 35 km (direction east-north-east)

Le Quesnoy is best known for the promenade around the impressive ramparts that surround...

See Le Quesnoy guide

Saint-Amand-les-Eaux

at 38 km (direction north-east)

Established as a spa centre for more than 2000 years, it is still the...

See Saint-Amand-les-Eaux guide

Forest of Mormal

at 41 km (direction east)

Mormal forest is the largest forest in the region and has hundreds of kilometres...

See Forest of Mormal guide

Maroilles

at 42 km (direction east)

It is the riverside setting and the buildings that remain of the abbey complex...

See Maroilles guide

Bavay

at 48 km (direction east-north-east)

The town of Bavay has an important Roman forum and other Roman ruins...

See Bavay guide

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Map of places to visit near Cantaing-sur-Escaut

Markets in and near Cantaing-sur-Escaut

• Cambrai: market Wednesday & Saturday (5km)
• Avesnes-les-Aubert: market Thursday & Sunday (16km)
• Caudry: market Tuesday & Friday (18km)
• Aniche: market Friday (22km)
• Abscon: market Tuesday (23km)
• Bapaume: market Friday (23km)
• Douchy-les-Mines: market Saturday (23km)
• Escaudain: market Monday (24km)
• Douai: market Wednesday & Saturday (25km)
• Denain: market Thursday (26km)

More information about Cantaing-sur-Escaut, Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Tourist attractions near Cantaing-sur-Escaut, France

What to do at Cantaing-sur-Escaut? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Cantaing-sur-Escaut.

Heritage sites

• Beffroi de Cambrai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (5km)
• Beffroi de Douai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (25km)
• Beffroi et hôtel de ville d'Arras (Belfries of Belgium and France) (32km)
• Arras citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (32km)
• Beffroi de Béthune (Belfries of Belgium and France) (57km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (38km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Scarpe-Escaut (36km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (10km)

Remarkable gardens

• Le jardin de Sylvie Fontaine (42km)
• Jardins du château (49km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Réserve naturelle régionale de la Tourbière de Vred (28km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale du Marais de Wagnonville (28km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale du Pré des Nonnettes (31km)
• Réserve naturelle des Marais d'Isle (35km)

Towns of Art and history

• Cambrai (5km)
• Arras (32km)
• Saint-Quentin (35km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Guyencourt-Saulcourt (18km)
• Mastaing (20km)
• Gauchy (37km)

Geography and distances

Cantaing-sur-Escaut is in the north-east of France at 55 kilometres from Lille, the department capital (general information: Cantaing-sur-Escaut is 155 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Cantaing-sur-Escaut from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 17 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Anneux, Bourlon, Cambrai, Crevecoeur-sur-l'Escaut, Flesquieres, Fontaine-Notre-Dame, Havrincourt, Marcoing, Masnieres, Neuville-Saint-Remy, Noyelles-sur-Escaut, Proville, Raillencourt-Sainte-Olle, Ribecourt-la-Tour, Rumilly-en-Cambresis, Sailly-Lez-Cambrai and Tilloy-Lez-Cambrai.

This page in French: Visiter Cantaing-sur-Escaut