Avignon travel guide
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Visit Avignon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Avignon is situated in the Vaucluse department (Provence region) in the south-east of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Vaucluse department. (General information: Avignon is 578 km from Paris and 810 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Avignon (page also includes a photo gallery for Avignon)
Popular places to visit near Avignon: these include Avignon at 1 km and Villeneuve-les-Avignon at 3 km.
Avignon Centre is a listed 'heritage site' at 1km and Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Avignon: Avignon has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Avignon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Avignon
See France This Way travel guides for Vaucluse and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Avignon.
Note that all distances from Avignon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Avignon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Avignon (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 and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Brantes (9km) : Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (11km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (23km) : Jarditrain (25km) : Jardins de la Fontaine (38km) : Jardin de la Louve (42km) :
- National Monuments: Fort Saint-Andre (3km) : Glanum (17km) : Montmajour Abbey (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Baux-de-Provence (22km) : Venasque (27km) : Gordes (31km) : Menerbes (34km) : Seguret (34km) : La Roque-sur-Ceze (36km) : Roussillon (39km) : Aigueze (45km) : Lourmarin (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (1km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (22km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (31km) : Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) (33km) : Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (33km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (39km) : Abbaye de Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles) (43km) : Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (45km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Montmajour (Arles) (46km) : Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Avignon Centre (1km) : Orange Roman Theatre (22km) : Pont du Gard (22km) : Roman Arles (33km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Beaucaire (20km) : Carpentras (22km) : Uzes (32km) : Arles (33km) : Nimes (38km) : Vaison-la-Romaine (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pernes-les-Fontaines (21km) : Apt (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Avignon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Avignon
Canton: Avignon
Arrondissement: Avignon
Department: Vaucluse
Region: Provence
Postcode: 84000
Distance to Avignon
from Avignon: 0 km
from Paris: 578 km
from Calais: 810 km
from Nice: 199 km
from Bordeaux: 440 km
from Strasbourg: 563 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Avignon): Barbentane, Le Pontet, Les Angles, Rognonas and Villeneuve-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 from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Avignon