Charens travel guide
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Visit Charens: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Charens is situated in the Drome department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the south-east of France at 66 km from Valence, the department capital. (General information: Charens is 537 km from Paris and 763 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Aubres at 32 km from Charens
Popular places to visit near Charens: these include Aubres at 32 km and Nyons at 35 km.
Cirque d'Archiane is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 23km and Nyons is a listed 'recommended detour' at 35km. 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 Charens, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Charens
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Charens.
Note that all distances from Charens shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Charens holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Charens (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 Charens and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine de Charance (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poligny (46km) : Vaison-la-Romaine (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nyons (35km) : Crest (44km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Charens & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Charens
Canton: Luc-en-Diois
Arrondissement: Die
Department: Drome
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 26310
Distance to Charens
from Valence: 66 km
from Paris: 537 km
from Calais: 763 km
from Nice: 168 km
from Bordeaux: 482 km
from Strasbourg: 481 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Charens): Beaumont-en-Diois, Beaurieres, Establet, Les Pres, Saint-Dizier-en-Diois, Val-Maravel and Valdrome.
Getting here
For driving distances to Charens from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Charens