Avignon airport travel guide
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Visit Avignon airport: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Avignon airport is situated in the Vaucluse department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 8 km from Avignon, the department capital. (General information: Avignon airport is 584 km from Paris and 816 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Avignon at 9 km from Avignon airport
Popular places to visit near Avignon airport: these include Avignon at 9 km and Villeneuve-les-Avignon at 11 km.
Avignon Centre is a listed 'heritage site' at 9km and Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km. 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 Avignon airport, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Avignon airport
See France This Way travel guides for Vaucluse and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Avignon airport.
Note that all distances from Avignon airport shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Avignon airport holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Avignon airport (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 Vaucluse 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 Avignon airport and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (12km) : Jardin du château de Brantes (12km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (17km) : Jarditrain (20km) : Jardin de la Louve (34km) : Jardins de la Fontaine (44km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (46km) :
- National Monuments: Fort Saint-Andre (11km) : Glanum (14km) : Montmajour Abbey (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Baux-de-Provence (20km) : Venasque (22km) : Gordes (24km) : Menerbes (26km) : Roussillon (31km) : Seguret (35km) : Lourmarin (40km) : La Roque-sur-Ceze (44km) : Ansouis (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (9km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (15km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (24km) : Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) (34km) : Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (39km) : Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (40km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (40km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Montmajour (Arles) (44km) : Abbaye de Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Istres (44km) :
- Heritage Sites: Avignon Centre (9km) : Orange Roman Theatre (27km) : Pont du Gard (30km) : Roman Arles (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Carpentras (20km) : Beaucaire (23km) : Arles (34km) : Uzes (40km) : Vaison-la-Romaine (40km) : Nimes (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pernes-les-Fontaines (16km) : Apt (40km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Avignon airport & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Avignon airport
Canton: na
Arrondissement: na
Department: Vaucluse
Region: Provence
Postcode: na
Distance to Avignon airport
from Avignon: 8 km
from Paris: 584 km
from Calais: 816 km
from Nice: 191 km
from Bordeaux: 447 km
from Strasbourg: 564 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Avignon airport): Cabannes, Caumont-sur-Durance, Chateauneuf-de-Gadagne, Chateaurenard, Jonquerettes, Noves and Saint-Saturnin-les-Avignon.
Getting here
Vaucluse is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - coming by car to the region takes about 10 hours from the cross-channel ferry ports. For driving distances to Avignon airport from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
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