Chateaufort travel guide
Visit Chateaufort: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Sisteron at 11 km from Chateaufort
Location: Chateaufort is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 27 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: Chateaufort is 581 km from Paris and 805 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Chateaufort: these include Sisteron at 11 km and Digne-les-Bains at 27 km. Sisteron is a listed recommended detour at 11 km and Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) is a listed religious monument at 32 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Chateaufort, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chateaufort
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 Chateaufort.
Note that all distances from Chateaufort shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chateaufort holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Chateaufort
- Sisteron: market every Wednesday & Saturday (11km)
- Laragne-Monteglin: market every Thursday (16km)
- Chateau-Arnoux-Saint-Auban: market every Sunday (21km)
- Digne-les-Bains: market every Wednesday (27km)
- Les Mees: market every Friday (27km)
- Seyne: market every Tuesday & Friday (28km)
- Montclar: market every Sunday - seasonal market only - (29km)
- Serres: market every Saturday (30km)
- Gap: market every Wednesday & Saturday (32km)
- Veynes: market every Thursday (33km)
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 Chateaufort and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Chateaufort map below.
Recommended Detour Sisteron (11km)
Religious Monument Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) (32km)
Remarkable Garden Domaine de Charance (34km); Jardins du château de Sauvan (42km); Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (42km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Lac de Serre-Poncon (38km)
Map of places to visit near Chateaufort & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Châteaufort
Canton: Motte-du-Caire
Arrondissement: Forcalquier
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 4250
Distance to Chateaufort
from Digne-les-Bains (local prefecture): 27 km
from Paris: 581 km
from Calais: 805 km
from Nice: 119 km
from Bordeaux: 526 km
from Strasbourg: 497 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chateaufort): Clamensane, Nibles, Saint-Geniez, Sigoyer, Valavoire, Valernes and Vaumeilh.
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 Chateaufort from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chateaufort