Durance travel guide
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Visit Durance: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Durance is situated in the Lot-et-Garonne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 37 km from Agen, the department capital. (General information: Durance is 548 km from Paris and 765 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Barbaste at 10 km from Durance
Popular places to visit near Durance: these include Barbaste at 10 km and Poudenas at 13 km.
Fources is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 20km and Montreal-du-Gers is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 24km. 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 Durance, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Durance
See France This Way travel guides for Lot-et-Garonne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Durance.
Note that all distances from Durance shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Durance holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Durance (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 Aquitaine and Lot-et-Garonne 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 Durance and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin et arboretum de Coursiana (34km) : Ets Latour-Marliac (38km) : Jardin du cloître Notre-Dame (39km) : Jardins de Beauchamp (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Fources (20km) : Montreal-du-Gers (24km) : Larressingle (27km) : Pujols (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Sainte Marie (Aubiac) (32km) : Prieuré de Sainte Marie (Moirax) (36km) : Cathédrale Saint Caprais d'Agen (Agen) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Layrac) (40km) : Eglise de Sainte Livrade (Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Blaziert (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lectoure (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Durance & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Durance
Canton: Houeillès
Arrondissement: Nérac
Department: Lot-et-Garonne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 47420
Distance to Durance
from Agen: 37 km
from Paris: 548 km
from Calais: 765 km
from Nice: 571 km
from Bordeaux: 95 km
from Strasbourg: 761 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 Durance): Bousses and Pompiey.
Getting here
Lot-et-Garonne is in the south-west of France. Most visitors fly into the airports at Bordeaux or Bergerac. To drive from the UK allow around 10-11 hours driving time. For driving distances to Durance from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Durance