Besignan travel guide
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Visit Besignan: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Besignan is situated in the Drome department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the south-east of France at 76 km from Valence, the department capital. (General information: Besignan is 553 km from Paris and 781 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Aubres at 14 km from Besignan
Popular places to visit near Besignan: these include Aubres at 14 km and Nyons at 16 km.
Nyons is a listed 'recommended detour' at 16km and Mont Ventoux is a listed 'grand site of france' at 17km. 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 Besignan, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Besignan
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Besignan.
Note that all distances from Besignan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Besignan holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Besignan (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 Besignan and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jarditrain (39km) : Jardin des herbes (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Seguret (27km) : Venasque (39km) : Roussillon (47km) : Gordes (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (22km) : Abbaye d'Aiguebelle (Montjoyer) (42km) : Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (La Garde-Adhemar) (46km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (47km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Orange Roman Theatre (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vaison-la-Romaine (22km) : Carpentras (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nyons (16km) : Pernes-les-Fontaines (42km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (17km) :
Map of places to visit near Besignan & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bésignan
Canton: Buis-les-Baronnies
Arrondissement: Nyons
Department: Drome
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 26110
Distance to Besignan
from Valence: 76 km
from Paris: 553 km
from Calais: 781 km
from Nice: 170 km
from Bordeaux: 471 km
from Strasbourg: 509 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Besignan): Arpavon, Bellecombe-Tarendol, Buis-les-Baronnies, La Roche-sur-le-Buis, Le Poet-Sigillat, Saint-Sauveur-Gouvernet, Sainte-Euphemie-sur-Ouveze, Sainte-Jalle and Vercoiran.
Getting here
For driving distances to Besignan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Besignan