Briancon travel guide
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Visit Briancon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Briancon is situated in the Hautes-Alpes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 59 km from Gap, the department capital. (General information: Briancon is 547 km from Paris and 760 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Briancon
Popular places to visit near Briancon: these include Briancon at 1 km and Serre Chevalier at 8 km.
Briancon is a listed 'town of art and history' at 1km and Vallee de la Claree is a listed 'grand site of france' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Briancon: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; Briancon has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Briancon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Briancon
See France This Way travel guides for Hautes-Alpes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Briancon.
Note that all distances from Briancon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Briancon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Briancon (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 Hautes-Alpes 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 Briancon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin alpin du Lautaret (28km) :
- National Monuments: Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin (26km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Grave (30km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Briancon (1km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (13km) : Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Vallee de la Claree (8km) :
Map of places to visit near Briancon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Briançon
Canton: Briançon
Arrondissement: Briançon
Department: Hautes-Alpes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 05100
Distance to Briancon
from Gap: 59 km
from Paris: 547 km
from Calais: 760 km
from Nice: 143 km
from Bordeaux: 568 km
from Strasbourg: 418 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Briancon): Puy-Saint-Andre, Puy-Saint-Pierre, Saint-Chaffrey, Val-Des-Pres and Villar-Saint-Pancrace.
Getting here
Hautes-Alpes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice, Lyon or Grenoble airports. By car from the UK allow about 10 hours for the journey from Calais to here. For driving distances to Briancon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Briancon