Avene travel guide
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Visit Avene: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Avene is situated in the Herault department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 65 km from Montpellier, the department capital. (General information: Avene is 570 km from Paris and 805 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lodeve at 18 km from Avene
Popular places to visit near Avene: these include Lodeve at 18 km and La Couvertoirade at 24 km.
Abbaye de Sylvanès (Sylvanes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km and Lodeve is a listed 'recommended detour' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Avene, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Avene
See France This Way travel guides for Herault and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Avene.
Note that all distances from Avene shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Avene holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Avene (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 Herault 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 Avene and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin du château de Margon (34km) : Jardin des carrières de Saint-Adrien (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Couvertoirade (24km) : Olargues (27km) : Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert (36km) : Peyre (38km) : Brousse-le-Chateau (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Sylvanès (Sylvanes) (14km) : Eglise de Saint-Cirice (Brousse-le-Chateau) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Fraisse-sur-Agout (29km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lodeve (18km) : Pezenas (42km) :
- Grand Site of France: Valle du Salagou (24km) : Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert / Gorges de l'Herault (36km) : Cirque de Navacelles (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Avene & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Avène
Canton: Lunas
Arrondissement: Lodève
Department: Herault
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 34260
Distance to Avene
from Montpellier: 65 km
from Paris: 570 km
from Calais: 805 km
from Nice: 335 km
from Bordeaux: 316 km
from Strasbourg: 645 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Avene): Ceilhes-et-Rocozels and Tauriac-de-Camares.
Getting here
For driving distances to Avene from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Avene