Barcelonnette travel guide
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Visit Barcelonnette: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Barcelonnette is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 46 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: Barcelonnette is 595 km from Paris and 813 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Barcelonnette
Barcelonnette reviews and comments:
Promenade and children's play area
Barcelonnette, France Rating: 3/5 Reviewed by Tim Barney on
Popular places to visit near Barcelonnette: these include Seyne-les-Alpes at 23 km and Embrun at 23 km.
Col d'Allos is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 11km and Col de la Bonette is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Barcelonnette: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Barcelonnette, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Barcelonnette
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Barcelonnette.
Note that all distances from Barcelonnette shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Barcelonnette holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Barcelonnette (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-de-Haute-Provence 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 Barcelonnette and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (48km) :
- National Monuments: Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin (32km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Barcelonnette & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Barcelonnette
Canton: Barcelonnette
Arrondissement: Barcelonnette
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 04400
Distance to Barcelonnette
from Digne-les-Bains: 46 km
from Paris: 595 km
from Calais: 813 km
from Nice: 91 km
from Bordeaux: 574 km
from Strasbourg: 474 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Barcelonnette): Enchastrayes, Faucon-de-Barcelonnette, Saint-Pons and Uvernet-Fours.
Getting here
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - by car from Calais the drive takes about 11 hours. For driving distances to Barcelonnette from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Barcelonnette