Carpentras travel guide
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Visit Carpentras: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Carpentras is situated in the Vaucluse department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 22 km from Avignon, the department capital. (General information: Carpentras is 573 km from Paris and 803 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Carpentras
Popular places to visit near Carpentras: these include Pernes-les-Fontaines at 6 km and Le Beaucet at 9 km.
Pernes-les-Fontaines is a listed 'recommended detour' at 6km and Jarditrain is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Carpentras: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Carpentras, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Carpentras
See France This Way travel guides for Vaucluse and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Carpentras.
Note that all distances from Carpentras shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Carpentras holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Carpentras (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 Vaucluse 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 Carpentras and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jarditrain (7km) : Jardin du château de Brantes (15km) : Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (31km) : Jardin de la Louve (33km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (33km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (44km) : Jardin des herbes (45km) :
- National Monuments: Fort Saint-Andre (22km) : Glanum (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Venasque (10km) : Seguret (17km) : Gordes (20km) : Roussillon (26km) : Menerbes (28km) : Baux-de-Provence (40km) : Lourmarin (41km) : La Roque-sur-Ceze (45km) : Aigueze (48km) : Ansouis (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (15km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (20km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (21km) : Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (23km) : Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (40km) : Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (La Garde-Adhemar) (44km) :
- Heritage Sites: Orange Roman Theatre (21km) : Avignon Centre (23km) : Pont du Gard (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vaison-la-Romaine (21km) : Beaucaire (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pernes-les-Fontaines (6km) : Apt (34km) : Nyons (35km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Carpentras & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Carpentras
Canton: Carpentras
Arrondissement: Carpentras
Department: Vaucluse
Region: Provence
Postcode: 84200
Distance to Carpentras
from Avignon: 22 km
from Paris: 573 km
from Calais: 803 km
from Nice: 182 km
from Bordeaux: 455 km
from Strasbourg: 545 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 Carpentras): Aubignan, Loriol-du-Comtat, Monteux and Saint-Didier.
Getting here
Vaucluse is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - coming by car to the region takes about 10 hours from the cross-channel ferry ports. For driving distances to Carpentras from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Carpentras