Faucon travel guide
Visit Faucon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Vaison-la-Romaine at 6 km from Faucon
Location: Faucon is situated in the Vaucluse department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 43 km from Avignon, the department capital. (General information: Faucon is 554 km from Paris and 783 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Faucon: these include Vaison-la-Romaine at 6 km and Nyons at 11 km. Vaison-la-Romaine is a listed town of art and history at 6 km and Vaison-la-Romaine is a listed recommended detour at 6 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Faucon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Faucon
See France This Way travel guides for Vaucluse and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Faucon.
Note that all distances from Faucon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Faucon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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 Vaucluse gites and villas
Markets near Faucon
- Vaison-la-Romaine: market every Tuesday (6km)
- Malaucene: market every Wednesday (10km)
- Buis-les-Baronnies: market every Wednesday (10km)
- Nyons: market every Thursday & Sunday (11km)
- Bedoin: market every Monday (15km)
- Valreas: market every Wednesday (19km)
- Sainte-Cecile-les-Vignes: market every Saturday (21km)
- Suze-la-Rousse: market every Friday (24km)
- Carpentras: market every Friday - seasonal market only - (24km)
- Grignan: market every Tuesday (26km)
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 Faucon and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Faucon map below.
Grand Site Of France Mont Ventoux (14km)
Heritage Site Orange Roman Theatre (30km); Avignon Centre (44km)
Most Beautiful Village Seguret (11km); Venasque (29km); Gordes (39km); Roussillon (41km)
National Monument Fort Saint-Andre (43km)
Recommended Detour Vaison-la-Romaine (6km); Nyons (11km); Pernes-les-Fontaines (30km)
Religious Monument Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (6km); Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (32km); Abbaye d'Aiguebelle (Montjoyer) (34km); Eglise de Saint Michel (La Garde-Adhemar) (34km); Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (39km); Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (39km); Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (44km)
Remarkable Garden Jarditrain (28km); Jardin des herbes (34km); Jardin du château de Brantes (35km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Villeneuve-les-Avignon (43km); Viviers (44km); Avignon (44km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Dentelles de Montmirail (11km); Gorges de la Nesque (28km); Colorado Provencal (46km)
Town Of Art And History Vaison-la-Romaine (6km); Carpentras (24km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park La Ferme aux crocodiles (37km)
Map of places to visit near Faucon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Faucon
Canton: Vaison-la-Romaine
Arrondissement: Carpentras
Department: Vaucluse
Region: Provence
Postcode: 84110
Distance to Faucon
from Avignon (local prefecture): 43 km
from Paris: 554 km
from Calais: 783 km
from Nice: 181 km
from Bordeaux: 458 km
from Strasbourg: 521 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Faucon): Beauvoisin, Benivay-Ollon, Crestet, Entrechaux, Merindol-les-Oliviers, Mirabel-Aux-Baronnies, Mollans-sur-Ouveze, Piegon, Pierrelongue, Propiac, Puymeras and Saint-Romain-en-Viennois.
Getting here
Vaucluse is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - coming by car to the region takes about 10 hours from the cross-channel ferry ports. For driving distances to Faucon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Faucon