Fontaine-de-Vaucluse travel guide
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Visit Fontaine-de-Vaucluse: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontaine-de-Vaucluse is situated in the Vaucluse department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 25 km from Avignon, the department capital. (General information: Fontaine-de-Vaucluse is 588 km from Paris and 819 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Fontaine-de-Vaucluse (page also includes a photo gallery for Fontaine-de-Vaucluse)
Popular places to visit near Fontaine-de-Vaucluse: these include Gordes at 6 km and Le Beaucet at 7 km.
Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
See France This Way travel guides for Vaucluse and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse.
Note that all distances from Fontaine-de-Vaucluse shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontaine-de-Vaucluse (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 Vaucluse 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 Fontaine-de-Vaucluse and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jarditrain (10km) : Jardin de la Louve (18km) : Jardin du château de Brantes (23km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (23km) : Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (29km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (30km) : Jardin du château de Val Joanis (39km) : Jardin d'Eguilles (43km) :
- National Monuments: Fort Saint-Andre (27km) : Glanum (28km) : Montmajour Abbey (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Gordes (6km) : Venasque (9km) : Menerbes (12km) : Roussillon (13km) : Lourmarin (26km) : Baux-de-Provence (33km) : Seguret (33km) : Ansouis (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (3km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (6km) : Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (26km) : Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (27km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (36km) : Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Istres (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Avignon Centre (26km) : Orange Roman Theatre (35km) : Pont du Gard (48km) : Roman Arles (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Carpentras (16km) : Vaison-la-Romaine (36km) : Beaucaire (41km) : Arles (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pernes-les-Fontaines (10km) : Apt (22km) : Nyons (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontaine-de-Vaucluse & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
Canton: Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
Arrondissement: Avignon
Department: Vaucluse
Region: Provence
Postcode: 84800
Distance to Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
from Avignon: 25 km
from Paris: 588 km
from Calais: 819 km
from Nice: 173 km
from Bordeaux: 465 km
from Strasbourg: 556 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse): Cabrieres-d'Avignon, Gordes and Lagnes.
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 Fontaine-de-Vaucluse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontaine-de-Vaucluse