Ballons travel guide
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Visit Ballons: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ballons is situated in the Drome department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the south-east of France at 96 km from Valence, the department capital. (General information: Ballons is 570 km from Paris and 796 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Montbrun-les-Bains at 18 km from Ballons
Popular places to visit near Ballons: these include Montbrun-les-Bains at 18 km and Sisteron at 25 km.
Sisteron is a listed 'recommended detour' at 25km and Mont Ventoux is a listed 'grand site of france' at 30km. 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 Ballons, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ballons
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ballons.
Note that all distances from Ballons shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ballons holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ballons (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 Rhone-Alpes and Drome 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 Ballons and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Sauvan (37km) : Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (37km) : Domaine de Charance (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Roussillon (48km) : Venasque (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) (36km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vaison-la-Romaine (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sisteron (25km) : Nyons (42km) : Apt (46km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Ballons & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ballons
Canton: Séderon
Arrondissement: Nyons
Department: Drome
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 26560
Distance to Ballons
from Valence: 96 km
from Paris: 570 km
from Calais: 796 km
from Nice: 144 km
from Bordeaux: 497 km
from Strasbourg: 508 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ballons): Eourres, Eygalayes, Izon-la-Bruisse, Laborel, Lachau, Salerans and Vers-sur-Meouge.
Getting here
For driving distances to Ballons from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ballons