Quarante tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Bize-Minervois at 8 km from Quarante

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Visit Quarante: highlights and tourist information

Quarante is situated in the Herault department and Occitanie region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Quarante in Occitanie.

Popular places to visit nearby include Bize-Minervois at 8 km and Saint-Chinian at 9 km.

Quarante, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Bize-Minervois

at 8 km (direction west-south-west), in the Aude department

Bize-Minervois is a small village but its pretty houses and popular swimming river in...

See Bize-Minervois guide

Saint-Chinian

at 9 km (direction west-south-west)

The busy village of Saint-Chinian in the Minerves is best known for the good...

See Saint-Chinian guide

Aigne

at 12 km (direction west)

The fortified village centre of Aigne make it one of our favourite Minervois villages...

See Aigne guide

Minerve

Most Beautiful Village at 17 km (direction west)

The ancient streets of the attractive village of Minerve are very pleasant to explore,...

See Minerve guide

Roquebrun

at 18 km (direction north-north-east)

The seting on the River Orb and the Mediterranean garden add to the charm...

See Roquebrun guide

Narbonne

at 18 km (direction south-south-east), in the Aude department

Among other highlights, the parts of Narbonne along the canal and around the cathedral...

See Narbonne guide

Beziers

at 21 km (direction east)

Beziers is a lively, thriving town with a good number of interesting monuments to...

See Beziers guide

Olargues

Most Beautiful Village at 24 km (direction north-north-west)

With a lovely medieval centre and the scenic background of the Jaur river that...

See Olargues guide

Fontfroide Abbey

Abbey at 25 km (direction south-south-west), in the Aude department

The Abbey at Fontfroide dates from the 12th century, and is one of the...

See Fontfroide Abbey guide

Gruissan

at 29 km (direction south-south-east), in the Aude department

As well as the pleasure port and old village centre, Gruissan is also well...

See Gruissan guide

Caunes-Minervois

at 35 km (direction west), in the Aude department

If you are exploreing the Minervois wine region you will also want to take...

See Caunes-Minervois guide

Sigean Nature Reserve

at 35 km (direction south), in the Aude department

Sigean is a very popular wildlife park where thousands of animals such as lions,...

See Sigean Nature Reserve guide

Port-la-Nouvelle

at 38 km (direction south-south-east), in the Aude department

One of the largest industrial ports in France, Port-la-Nouvelle also has a popular beach...

See Port-la-Nouvelle guide

Pezenas

at 39 km (direction east-north-east)

The wide range of architecture and its unspoiled character make Pezenas one of our...

See Pezenas guide

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Reserve excursions near Quarante

Map of places to visit near Quarante

Markets in and near Quarante

• Capestang: market Sunday (7km)
• Saint-Chinian: market Thursday & Sunday (9km)
• Coursan: market every day except Monday (15km)
• Narbonne: market Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday & Monday - seasonal market only (18km)
• Narbonne: market Sunday (18km)
• Fleury: market every day (19km)
• Olonzac: market Tuesday (20km)
• Saint-Pons-de-Thomieres: market Wednesday & Sunday (23km)
• Lezignan-Corbieres: market Wednesday (23km)
• Serignan: market Wednesday & Monday & Friday (27km)

More information about Quarante, Languedoc-Roussillon

Tourist attractions near Quarante, France

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

Grand sites of France

• Valle du Salagou (47km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Minerve (17km)
• Olargues (24km)
• Lagrasse (40km)

National Monuments

• Enserune (13km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Pezenas (39km)
• Lodeve (52km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Narbonnaise en Méditerranée (29km)
• Haut-Languedoc (35km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye de Fontfroide (Narbonne) (26km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin des carrières de Saint-Adrien (29km)
• Parc et jardin du château de Margon (32km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Narbonne (18km)
• Beziers (20km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Grotte de la Devèze (25km)
• Gouffre de l'Œil Doux (25km)
• Forêt de Fontfroide (26km)
• Mont Caroux (29km)
• Gouffre de Cabrespine (41km)
• Céressou (41km)
• Cirque de Mourèze (44km)
• Cirque du Moureze (44km)
• Gorges de l'Orbieu (57km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Fraisse-sur-Agout (32km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• African reserve of Sigean (31km)

Geography and distances

Quarante is in the south of France at 79 kilometres from Montpellier, the department capital (general information: Quarante is 614 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Quarante from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 7 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Argeliers, Assignan, Creissan, Cruzy, Montels, Montouliers and Villespassans.

This page in French: Visiter Quarante