Crest travel guide
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Visit Crest: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Crest is situated in the Drome department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the south-east of France at 25 km from Valence, the department capital. (General information: Crest is 502 km from Paris and 731 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Crest (page also includes a photo gallery for Crest)
Popular places to visit near Crest: these include Mirmande at 15 km and Le Poet-Laval at 21 km.
Mirmande is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 15km and Abbatiale Sainte-Marie (Cruas) is a listed 'religious monument' at 22km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Crest: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*; 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Crest, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Crest
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Crest.
Note that all distances from Crest shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Crest holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Crest (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 Crest and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc Jouvet (25km) : Jardin japonais (34km) : Jardin des herbes (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mirmande (15km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale Sainte-Marie (Cruas) (22km) : Cathédrale Saint-Apollinaire (Valence) (25km) : Abbaye d'Aiguebelle (Montjoyer) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (La Garde-Adhemar) (43km) : Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Montelier (23km) : Valence (25km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nyons (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Crest & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Crest
Canton: Crest
Arrondissement: Die
Department: Drome
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 26400
Distance to Crest
from Valence: 25 km
from Paris: 502 km
from Calais: 731 km
from Nice: 212 km
from Bordeaux: 442 km
from Strasbourg: 477 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 Crest): Aouste-sur-Sye, Autichamp, Cobonne, Divajeu, Eurre, Mirabel-et-Blacons and Vaunaveys-la-Rochette.
Getting here
For driving distances to Crest from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Crest