Contes travel guide
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Visit Contes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Contes is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 13 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Contes is 678 km from Paris and 893 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Coaraze at 6 km from Contes
Popular places to visit near Contes: these include Coaraze at 6 km and Peillon at 7 km.
Coaraze is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 6km and Trophy of Augustus is a listed 'national monument' at 10km. 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 Contes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Contes
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Contes.
Note that all distances from Contes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Contes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Contes (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 Contes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin botanique (13km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (13km) : La citronneraie (16km) : Palais Carnolès (16km) : Serre de la Madone (16km) : Le Vallon du Brec (22km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (30km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (36km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (36km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (44km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (10km) : Saorge Monastery (27km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coaraze (6km) : Sainte-Agnes (12km) : Gourdon (29km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nice (13km) : Menton (16km) : Cannes (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Contes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Contes
Canton: Contes
Arrondissement: Nice
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06390
Distance to Contes
from Nice: 13 km
from Paris: 678 km
from Calais: 893 km
from Nice: 13 km
from Bordeaux: 638 km
from Strasbourg: 532 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Contes): Aspremont, Bendejun, Berre-les-Alpes, Blausasc, Cantaron, Chateauneuf-Villevieille, Coaraze, Peillon, Touet-de-l'Escarene and Tourrette-Levens.
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 Contes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Contes