Collioure tourism and travel guide

Visit Collioure: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit Attractions Book a visitFrance This Way comment: With a very attractive traditional harbour town to exlore and a small beach, Collioure is our favourite Languedoc resort
Collioure is situated in the Pyrenees-Orientales department and Occitanie region.
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Collioure. For detailed visitor information see the Collioure travel guide.
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Collioure in Occitanie.
Popular places to visit nearby include Argeles-sur-Mer at 5 km and Banyuls-sur-Mer at 6 km.
Collioure, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Port Vendres
at 2 km (direction east-south-east)Port-Vendres is a natural port (unusual here in southern Languedoc), a local...
See Port Vendres guide

Argeles-sur-Mer
Seaside resort at 5 km (direction west-north-west)The long beach, the forest and the lively town mean Argeles-sur-Mer is...
See Argeles-sur-Mer guide

Banyuls-sur-Mer
Seaside resort at 6 km (direction south-east)As well as the beach in Banyuls-sur-Mer there is also an old...
See Banyuls-sur-Mer guide

Saint Cyprien - Pyrenees Orientales
Seaside resort at 12 km (direction north-west)Activity in the seaside resort of Saint-Cyprien is most definitely centred around...
See Saint Cyprien - Pyrenees Orientales guide

Elne
at 12 km (direction north-west)Elne is a quiet town, with the cathedral cloisters among the highlights...
See Elne guide

Perpignan Palace of Kings of Majorca
Castle at 24 km (direction north-west), in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques departmentThe Palace of Kings of Majorca is an imposing fortress and royal...
See Perpignan Palace of Kings of Majorca guide

Perpignan
at 25 km (direction north-west)Those looking for a traditional French town with interesting sites will be...
See Perpignan guide

Ceret
at 27 km (direction west)Ceret has an extensive historic town centre and a Picasso Museum among...
See Ceret guide

Castelnou
Most Beautiful Village at 33 km (direction west-north-west)The picturesque village of Castelnou, overlooked by a castle, is one of...
See Castelnou guide

Fort de Salses
Castle at 37 km (direction north-north-west)The medieval fort of Salses was transformed by Vauban to create a...
See Fort de Salses guide

Arles-sur-Tech
at 37 km (direction west)The main highlight in Arles-sur-Tech is the Benedictine Abbey and cloisters, mostly...
See Arles-sur-Tech guide

Gorges de la Fou
at 37 km (direction west)In the Gorges de la Fou you can walk along the bottom...
See Gorges de la Fou guide

Ille-sur-Tet
at 41 km (direction west-north-west)In Ille-sur-Tet it is the remarkable rock formations on the edge of...
See Ille-sur-Tet guide

Leucate
at 43 km (direction west-north-west), in the Aude departmentThe resort at Leucate is one of the liveliest and most interesting...
See Leucate guide
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Pyrenees-Orientales
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Map of places to visit near Collioure
Markets in and near Collioure
Market days in Collioure: weekly market: Wednesday & Sunday;
- Collioure: market Wednesday & Sunday (0km)
- Port-Vendres: market Saturday (2km)
- Argeles-sur-Mer: market Sunday & Monday & Tuesday & Thursday - seasonal market only (5km)
- Argeles-sur-Mer: market Wednesday & Saturday (5km)
- Banyuls-sur-Mer: market Thursday & Sunday (6km)
- Elne: market Wednesday & Friday (12km)
- Saint-Cyprien: market Tuesday - seasonal market only (12km)
- Saint-Cyprien: market Thursday & Friday (12km)
- Le Boulou: market Thursday (21km)
- Canet-en-Roussillon: market Tuesday & Thursday (21km)
More information about Collioure, Languedoc-Roussillon
Tourist attractions near Collioure, France
What to do at Collioure? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Collioure.
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Castelnou (33km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Genis-des-fontaines) (13km)
- Eglise de Notre Dame des Anges (Cabestany) (21km)
- Chapel Saint-Martin de Fenollar (Maureillas-las-Illas) (22km)
- Chapelle de Casenoves (Ille-sur-tet) (41km)
- Prieuré de Serrabone (Boule-d'Amont) (42km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Paulilles (4km)
- Réserve naturelle nationale de Cerbère-Banyuls (9km)
- Étang de Canet-Saint-Nazaire (17km)
- Pic de Fontfrède (28km)
- Étang de Leucate (37km)
- Gorges de la Fou (40km)
- Orgues d'Ille-sur-Tet (41km)
Towns of Art and history
- Perpignan (25km)
Geography and distances
Collioure is in the south of France at 25 kilometres from Perpignan, the department capital (general information: Collioure is 706 kilometres from Paris).
Geographical Information
Commune: Collioure
Canton: Côte Vermeille
Arrondissement: Céret
Department: Pyrenees-Orientales
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
New region: Occitanie
Postcode: 66190
Distance to Collioure
from Perpignan (prefecture): 25 km
from Paris: 706 km
from Calais: 941 km
from Nice: 364 km
from Bordeaux: 391 km
from Strasbourg: 765 km
Getting here
For driving distances to Collioure from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 3 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Argeles-sur-Mer, Banyuls-sur-Mer and Port-Vendres.
This page in French: Visiter Collioure