Cruas travel guide
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Visit Cruas: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cruas is situated in the Ardeche department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the southern-centre of France at 16 km from Privas, the department capital. (General information: Cruas is 502 km from Paris and 732 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mirmande at 7 km from Cruas
Popular places to visit near Cruas: these include Mirmande at 7 km and Montelimar at 11 km.
Mirmande is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km and Abbaye d'Aiguebelle (Montjoyer) is a listed 'religious monument' at 21km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Cruas: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Cruas, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cruas
See France This Way travel guides for Ardeche and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cruas.
Note that all distances from Cruas shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cruas holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cruas (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 Ardeche 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 Cruas and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des herbes (29km) : Parc Jouvet (32km) : Jardin japonais (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mirmande (7km) : Vogue (30km) : Balazuc (35km) : Aigueze (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye d'Aiguebelle (Montjoyer) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (La Garde-Adhemar) (29km) : Cathédrale Saint-Apollinaire (Valence) (32km) : Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Valence (32km) : Montelier (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Crest (22km) : Vals-les-Bains (31km) : Nyons (45km) :
- Grand Site of France: Gorges de l'Ardeche (41km) : Gorges du Gardon (43km) : Aven d'Orgnac (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Cruas & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cruas
Canton: Rochemaure
Arrondissement: Privas
Department: Ardeche
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 07350
Distance to Cruas
from Privas: 16 km
from Paris: 502 km
from Calais: 732 km
from Nice: 226 km
from Bordeaux: 422 km
from Strasbourg: 493 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cruas): Condillac, La Coucourde, Les Tourrettes, Meysse, Mirmande, Saint-Lager-Bressac, Saint-Vincent-de-Barres, Saulce-sur-Rhone and Savasse.
Getting here
For driving distances to Cruas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cruas