Valenciennes tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux at 12 km from Valenciennes

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Visit Valenciennes: highlights and tourist information

Valenciennes 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 Valenciennes in Hauts-de-France.

Popular places to visit nearby include Saint-Amand-les-Eaux at 12 km and Le Quesnoy at 15 km.

Valenciennes, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Saint-Amand-les-Eaux

at 12 km (direction north-west)

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

See Saint-Amand-les-Eaux guide

Le Quesnoy

at 15 km (direction south-east)

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

See Le Quesnoy guide

Bavay

at 21 km (direction east-south-east)

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

See Bavay guide

Forest of Mormal

at 23 km (direction south-east)

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

See Forest of Mormal guide

Maroilles

at 30 km (direction south-east)

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

See Maroilles guide

Cambrai

at 30 km (direction west-south-west)

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

See Cambrai guide

Douai

at 31 km (direction west)

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

See Douai guide

Roubaix

at 44 km (direction north-west)

Although its not a major tourist destination, the centre of the large town of...

See Roubaix guide

Lille

at 45 km (direction west-north-west)

The renaissance of Lille over the last 20 years has transformed an industrial town...

See Lille guide

Solre-le-Chateau

at 45 km (direction east-south-east)

Solre-le-Chateau is best known for its church with a sloping spire and the town...

See Solre-le-Chateau guide

Peronne

at 63 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

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Reserve excursions near Valenciennes

Map of places to visit near Valenciennes

Markets in and near Valenciennes

• Anzin: market Tuesday & Friday (2km)
• Beuvrages: market Sunday (3km)
• Bruay-sur-l'Escaut: market Thursday & Sunday (5km)
• Denain: market Thursday (10km)
• Douchy-les-Mines: market Saturday (11km)
• Escaudain: market Monday (13km)
• Fenain: market Saturday (16km)
• Abscon: market Tuesday (16km)
• Aniche: market Friday (19km)
• Bavay: market Friday (20km)

More information about Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Tourist attractions near Valenciennes, France

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

Heritage sites

• Beffroi de Cambrai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (29km)
• Beffroi de Douai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (31km)
• Beffroi de Lille (Belfries of Belgium and France) (44km)
• Beffroi de Loos (Belfries of Belgium and France) (46km)
• Beffroi de Comines (Belfries of Belgium and France) (58km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (12km)
• Fourmies (53km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Scarpe-Escaut (11km)
• l'Avesnois (33km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (36km)
• Cathédrale Notre Dame de La Treille (Lille) (45km)

Remarkable gardens

• Le jardin de Sylvie Fontaine (30km)
• Le parc Barbieux (44km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Lille (45km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Réserve naturelle régionale du Pré des Nonnettes (20km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale de la Tourbière de Vred (20km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale du Marais de Wagnonville (32km)
• Réserve naturelle du Jardin écologique du Vieux-Lille (46km)

Towns of Art and history

• Cambrai (30km)
• Roubaix (44km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Mastaing (16km)
• Wattignies (42km)
• Wasquehal (44km)
• Tourcoing (48km)
• Guyencourt-Saulcourt (51km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Lille (46km)

Geography and distances

Valenciennes is in the north-east of France at 45 kilometres from Lille, the department capital (general information: Valenciennes is 187 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

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

We have 24 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Anzin, Aubry-du-Hainaut, Aulnoy-Lez-Valenciennes, Beuvrages, Bruay-sur-l'Escaut, Curgies, Estreux, Famars, Herin, La Sentinelle, Maing, Marly, Oisy, Onnaing, Petite-Foret, Preseau, Prouvy, Raismes, Rouvignies, Saint-Saulve, Saultain, Thiant, Trith-Saint-Leger and Vicq.

This page in French: Visiter Valenciennes