Ales travel guide
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Visit Ales: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ales is situated in the Gard department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 39 km from Nimes, the department capital. (General information: Ales is 543 km from Paris and 777 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Prafrance bamboo garden at 10 km from Ales
Popular places to visit near Ales: these include Prafrance bamboo garden at 10 km and Anduze at 10 km.
Bambouseraie de Prafrance is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Grotte de la Cocaliere is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 20km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Ales: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Ales, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ales
See France This Way travel guides for Gard and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ales.
Note that all distances from Ales shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ales holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ales (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Languedoc-Roussillon and Gard gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Ales and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Bambouseraie de Prafrance (9km) : Jardin du Tomple (31km) : Jardin du mas de l'Abri (32km) : Jardin des Sambucs (34km) : Jardins de la Fontaine (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Roque-sur-Ceze (36km) : Aigueze (43km) : La Garde-Guerin (46km) : Balazuc (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (30km) :
- Heritage Sites: Pont du Gard (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Uzes (30km) : Nimes (39km) :
- Grand Site of France: Aven d'Orgnac (34km) : Gorges de l'Ardeche (39km) : Gorges du Gardon (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Ales & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Alès
Canton: Alès
Arrondissement: Alès
Department: Gard
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 30100
Distance to Ales
from Nimes: 39 km
from Paris: 543 km
from Calais: 777 km
from Nice: 260 km
from Bordeaux: 378 km
from Strasbourg: 570 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ales): Bagard, Cendras, Mejannes-les-Ales, Saint-Christol-les-Ales, Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas, Saint-Jean-du-Pin, Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers, Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues, Saint-Privat-Des-Vieux and Soustelle.
Getting here
For driving distances to Ales from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ales