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Visit Clans: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Clans is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 35 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Clans is 653 km from Paris and 869 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Coaraze at 19 km from Clans
Popular places to visit near Clans: these include Coaraze at 19 km and Mercantour National Park at 20 km.
Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km and Coaraze is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 19km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Clans, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Clans
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Clans.
Note that all distances from Clans shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Clans holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Clans (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 Alpes-Maritimes 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 Clans and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (12km) : Le Vallon du Brec (24km) : Jardin botanique (34km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (36km) : Palais Carnolès (38km) : La citronneraie (38km) : Serre de la Madone (38km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (41km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (46km) :
- National Monuments: Saorge Monastery (32km) : Trophy of Augustus (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coaraze (19km) : Sainte-Agnes (33km) : Gourdon (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nice (35km) : Menton (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Clans & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Clans
Canton: Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée
Arrondissement: Nice
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06420
Distance to Clans
from Nice: 35 km
from Paris: 653 km
from Calais: 869 km
from Nice: 34 km
from Bordeaux: 620 km
from Strasbourg: 512 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Clans): Bairols, Ilonse, La Tour, Marie, Massoins and Tournefort.
Getting here
Alpes-Maritimes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice airport. Coming from the UK by car the route takes about 12 hours (can be busy in summer). For driving distances to Clans from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Clans