Ampus travel guide
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Visit Ampus: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ampus is situated in the Var department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 65 km from Toulon, the department capital. (General information: Ampus is 661 km from Paris and 885 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Tourtour at 7 km from Ampus
Popular places to visit near Ampus: these include Tourtour at 7 km and Flayosc at 8 km.
Tourtour is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km and Gorges du Verdon is a listed 'grand site of france' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Ampus, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ampus
See France This Way travel guides for Var and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ampus.
Note that all distances from Ampus shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ampus holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ampus (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 Provence and Var 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 Ampus and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Clos de Villeneuve (41km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (44km) : Jardin d’Elie Alexis (44km) : Jardin Germaine l’Hardy-Denonain (45km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (46km) :
- National Monuments: Thoronet Abbey (19km) : Frejus Cathedral cloisters (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Tourtour (7km) : Seillans (21km) : Moustiers (30km) : Gassin (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Thoronet (Le Thoronet) (18km) : Cathédrale Saint Léonce (Frejus) (34km) : Eglise de St Raphaël (Saint-Raphael) (37km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Frejus (35km) : Grasse (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Grimaud (39km) :
- Grand Site of France: Gorges du Verdon (15km) :
Map of places to visit near Ampus & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ampus
Canton: Draguignan
Arrondissement: Draguignan
Department: Var
Region: Provence
Postcode: 83111
Distance to Ampus
from Toulon: 65 km
from Paris: 661 km
from Calais: 885 km
from Nice: 72 km
from Bordeaux: 571 km
from Strasbourg: 563 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ampus): Chateaudouble.
Getting here
Var is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into the airports at Nice or Toulon. To drive from the channel ports allow about 11 hours driving time. For driving distances to Ampus from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ampus