Colmars travel guide
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Visit Colmars: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Colmars is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 33 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: Colmars is 614 km from Paris and 833 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Colmars
Popular places to visit near Colmars: these include Barcelonnette at 23 km and Annot at 24 km.
Lac d'Allos is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 9km and Col d'Allos is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 13km. 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 Colmars, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Colmars
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 Colmars.
Note that all distances from Colmars shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Colmars holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Colmars (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-de-Haute-Provence 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 Colmars and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Moustiers (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Colmars & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Colmars
Canton: Allos-Colmars
Arrondissement: Castellane
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 04370
Distance to Colmars
from Digne-les-Bains: 33 km
from Paris: 614 km
from Calais: 833 km
from Nice: 74 km
from Bordeaux: 576 km
from Strasbourg: 497 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Colmars): Beauvezer and Villars-Colmars.
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 Colmars from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Colmars