Cruis travel guide
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Visit Cruis: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cruis is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 32 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: Cruis is 596 km from Paris and 822 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lurs at 11 km from Cruis
Popular places to visit near Cruis: these include Lurs at 11 km and Forcalquier at 12 km.
Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km and Jardins du château de Sauvan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Cruis: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Cruis, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cruis
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 Cruis.
Note that all distances from Cruis shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cruis holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cruis (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 Cruis and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Sauvan (15km) : Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (15km) : Clos de Villeneuve (28km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (45km) : Jardin du château de Val Joanis (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Moustiers (39km) : Roussillon (47km) : Ansouis (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) (9km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sisteron (17km) : Apt (41km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Cruis & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cruis
Canton: Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues
Arrondissement: Forcalquier
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 04230
Distance to Cruis
from Digne-les-Bains: 32 km
from Paris: 596 km
from Calais: 822 km
from Nice: 122 km
from Bordeaux: 516 km
from Strasbourg: 524 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cruis): Mallefougasse-Auges, Montlaux, Revest-Saint-Martin and Saint-Etienne-les-Orgues.
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 Cruis from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cruis