Fontanes travel guide
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Visit Fontanes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontanes is situated in the Gard department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 22 km from Nimes, the department capital. (General information: Fontanes is 574 km from Paris and 809 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nimes at 22 km from Fontanes
Popular places to visit near Fontanes: these include Nimes at 22 km and Les Matelles at 25 km.
Nimes is a listed 'town of art and history' at 22km and Jardins de la Fontaine is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 22km. 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 Fontanes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontanes
See France This Way travel guides for Gard and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fontanes.
Note that all distances from Fontanes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontanes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontanes (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 Languedoc-Roussillon and Gard 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 Fontanes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Fontaine (22km) : Parc et jardins du château de Flaugergues (28km) : Bambouseraie de Prafrance (29km) : Jardin des Sambucs (40km) :
- National Monuments: Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Mortes (30km) : Montmajour Abbey (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles) (32km) : Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (33km) : Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ales (33km) :
- Heritage Sites: Pont du Gard (38km) : Roman Arles (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Nimes (22km) : Uzes (33km) : Beaucaire (45km) : Arles (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert / Gorges de l'Herault (44km) : Cirque de Navacelles (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontanes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontanès
Canton: Sommières
Arrondissement: Nîmes
Department: Gard
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 30250
Distance to Fontanes
from Nimes: 22 km
from Paris: 574 km
from Calais: 809 km
from Nice: 256 km
from Bordeaux: 387 km
from Strasbourg: 599 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontanes): Asperes, Aujargues, Campagne, Combas, Congenies, Crespian, Gailhan, Garrigues, Lecques, Montpezat, Saint-Clement, Salinelles, Sardan, Sommieres, Souvignargues, Vic-le-Fesq and Villevieille.
Getting here
For driving distances to Fontanes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontanes