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Saint-Jean-de-Paracol tourism and travel guide

Visit Saint-Jean-de-Paracol: highlights and tourist information

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Saint-Jean-de-Paracol is situated in the Aude department and Languedoc-Roussillon region (now part of the Occitanie region), in the south of France at 36 kilometres from Carcassonne, the department capital (general information: Saint-Jean-de-Paracol is 659 kilometres from Paris).

Popular places to visit nearby include Gorges de l'Aude at 9 km and Quillan at 9 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

You can also Book Quillan hotels

Saint-Jean-de-Paracol, 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 Saint-Jean-de-Paracol 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 Saint-Jean-de-Paracol

Markets in and near Saint-Jean-de-Paracol

• Quillan: market Wednesday & Saturday (9km)
• Esperaza: market Thursday & Sunday (9km)
• Belesta: market Tuesday & Thursday (15km)
• Limoux: market Friday all day (15km)
• Lavelanet: market Wednesday & Friday (22km)
• Mirepoix: market Thursday & Monday (26km)
• Ax-les-Thermes: market Thursday - seasonal market only (33km)
• Ax-les-Thermes: market Tuesday & Saturday (33km)
• Bram: market Wednesday (34km)
• Carcassonne: market Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday (37km)

More information about Saint-Jean-de-Paracol, Languedoc-Roussillon

Tourist attractions near Saint-Jean-de-Paracol, France

Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Saint-Jean-de-Paracol.

Grand sites of France

• Carcassonne City (36km)

Heritage sites

• Carcassonne (36km)
• Villefranche-de-Conflent enceinte / fort (Vauban fortifications) (44km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Camon (15km)
• Mosset (35km)
• Eus (43km)
• Villefranche-de-Conflent (44km)
• Lagrasse (45km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Limoux (16km)
• Prades (43km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Pyrenees Catalanes (44km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise de Sainte Marie de Marcevol (Arboussols) (44km)
• Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuixa (Codalet) (46km)
• Eglise de Sainte-Marie (Corneilla-de-Conflent) (46km)
• Eglise de Trinité d'Aregno (Aregno) (51km)
• Chapelle de Casenoves (Ille-sur-tet) (51km)
• Prieuré de Serrabone (Boule-d'Amont) (53km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc aux Bambous (38km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Gorges de la Pierre-Lys (13km)
• Fontaine Intermittente de Fontestorbes (15km)
• Gorges de l'Orbieu (30km)
• Gorges de Galamus (32km)
• Cité de Carcassonne (36km)
• Lac des Bouillouses (42km)
• Lac du Bouillouses (42km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale de Nyer (47km)
• Cirque du Sisca (48km)
• Orgued d'Ille-sur-Tet (51km)

Geography and distances

Getting here

For driving distances to Saint-Jean-de-Paracol from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 8 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Bouriege, Bourigeole, Brenac, Festes-et-Saint-Andre, La Serpent, Nebias, Puivert and Rouvenac.

This page in French: Visiter Saint-Jean-de-Paracol