Rennes-le-Chateau tourism and travel guide
Visit Rennes-le-Chateau: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit AttractionsFrance This Way comment: A small village with lovely views, it is also the legends associating Rennes-le-Chateau with the Holy Grail that attracts many visitors here
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Rennes-le-Chateau. For detailed visitor information see the Rennes-le-Chateau travel guide.
Rennes-le-Chateau is situated in the Aude department and Languedoc-Roussillon region (now part of the Occitanie region), in the south of France at 33 kilometres from Carcassonne, the department capital (general information: Rennes-le-Chateau is 659 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Alet-les-Bains at 8 km and Gorges de l'Aude at 9 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Rennes-le-Chateau, 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 Rennes-le-Chateau in Occitanie.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Aude
Map of places to visit near Rennes-le-Chateau
Markets in and near Rennes-le-Chateau
- Esperaza: market Thursday & Sunday (3km)
- Quillan: market Wednesday & Saturday (9km)
- Limoux: market Friday all day (15km)
- Belesta: market Tuesday & Thursday (27km)
- Carcassonne: market Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday (33km)
- Lavelanet: market Wednesday & Friday (34km)
- Mirepoix: market Thursday & Monday (36km)
- Prades: market Tuesday (37km)
- Bram: market Wednesday (37km)
- Ille-sur-Tet: market Wednesday & Friday (41km)
More information about Rennes-le-Chateau, Languedoc-Roussillon
Tourist attractions near Rennes-le-Chateau, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Rennes-le-Chateau.
Grand sites of France
- Carcassonne City (32km)
Heritage sites
- Carcassonne (33km)
- Villefranche-de-Conflent enceinte / fort (Vauban fortifications) (38km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Pyrenees Catalanes (45km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Eglise de Sainte Marie de Marcevol (Arboussols) (35km)
- Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuixa (Codalet) (40km)
- Chapelle de Casenoves (Ille-sur-tet) (41km)
- Eglise de Sainte-Marie (Corneilla-de-Conflent) (41km)
- Prieuré de Serrabone (Boule-d'Amont) (45km)
Remarkable gardens
- Parc aux Bambous (48km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Gorges de la Pierre-Lys (11km)
- Gorges de l'Orbieu (18km)
- Gorges de Galamus (20km)
- Fontaine Intermittente de Fontestorbes (27km)
- Cité de Carcassonne (32km)
- Orgues d'Ille-sur-Tet (41km)
- Réserve naturelle régionale de Nyer (44km)
- Lac du Bouillouses (45km)
- Lac des Bouillouses (45km)
- Cirque du Sisca (56km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Rennes-le-Chateau
Canton: Couiza
Arrondissement: Limoux
Department: Aude
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
New region: Occitanie
Postcode: 11190
Distance to Rennes-le-Chateau
from Carcassonne (prefecture): 33 km
from Paris: 659 km
from Calais: 893 km
from Nice: 414 km
from Bordeaux: 311 km
from Strasbourg: 759 km
Getting here
For driving distances to Rennes-le-Chateau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 15 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Antugnac, Campagne-sur-Aude, Cassaignes, Conilhac-de-la-Montagne, Couiza, Coustaussa, Esperaza, Granes, Luc-sur-Aude, Montazels, Peyrolles, Rennes-les-Bains, Saint-Ferriol, Saint-Just-et-le-Bezu and Serres.
This page in French: Visiter Rennes-le-Chateau
