Ascros travel guide
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Visit Ascros: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ascros is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 32 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Ascros is 655 km from Paris and 872 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Entrevaux at 17 km from Ascros
Popular places to visit near Ascros: these include Entrevaux at 17 km and Coaraze at 23 km.
Le Vallon du Brec is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km and Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 20km. 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 Ascros, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ascros
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ascros.
Note that all distances from Ascros shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ascros holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ascros (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 Alpes-Maritimes 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 Ascros and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le Vallon du Brec (14km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (20km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (29km) : Jardin botanique (32km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (35km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (39km) : Palais Carnolès (42km) : Serre de la Madone (42km) : La citronneraie (42km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (45km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (37km) : Saorge Monastery (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Gourdon (23km) : Coaraze (23km) : Sainte-Agnes (38km) : Seillans (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nice (32km) : Cannes (41km) : Menton (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Ascros & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ascros
Canton: Puget-Théniers
Arrondissement: Nice
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06260
Distance to Ascros
from Nice: 32 km
from Paris: 655 km
from Calais: 872 km
from Nice: 32 km
from Bordeaux: 611 km
from Strasbourg: 522 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ascros): Cuebris, La Penne, Pierrefeu, Roquesteron, Roquesteron-Grasse, Saint-Antonin, Sigale and Touet-sur-Var.
Getting here
Alpes-Maritimes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice airport. Coming from the UK by car the route takes about 12 hours (can be busy in summer). For driving distances to Ascros from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ascros