Barras travel guide
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Visit Barras: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Barras is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 10 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: Barras is 602 km from Paris and 825 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Digne-les-Bains at 10 km from Barras
Popular places to visit near Barras: these include Digne-les-Bains at 10 km and Sisteron at 16 km.
Sisteron is a listed 'recommended detour' at 16km and Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) is a listed 'religious monument' at 20km. 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 Barras, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Barras
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 Barras.
Note that all distances from Barras shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Barras holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Barras (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 Barras and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Clos de Villeneuve (31km) : Jardins du château de Sauvan (33km) : Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Moustiers (30km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) (20km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sisteron (16km) :
- Grand Site of France: Gorges du Verdon (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Barras & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Barras
Canton: Digne-les-Bains-Ouest
Arrondissement: Digne-les-Bains
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 04380
Distance to Barras
from Digne-les-Bains: 10 km
from Paris: 602 km
from Calais: 825 km
from Nice: 103 km
from Bordeaux: 537 km
from Strasbourg: 514 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 Barras): Aiglun, Champtercier, Mirabeau and Thoard.
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 Barras from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Barras