Fontanes travel guide
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Visit Fontanes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontanes is situated in the Herault department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 20 km from Montpellier, the department capital. (General information: Fontanes is 576 km from Paris and 811 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Les Matelles at 11 km from Fontanes
Popular places to visit near Fontanes: these include Les Matelles at 11 km and Saint-Martin-de-Londres at 14 km.
Grotte des Demoiselles is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 18km and Parc et jardins du château de Flaugergues is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 20km. 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 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 Herault 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 Herault 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': Parc et jardins du château de Flaugergues (20km) : Jardin des Sambucs (32km) : Bambouseraie de Prafrance (33km) : Jardins de la Fontaine (36km) :
- National Monuments: Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Mortes (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert (30km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles) (44km) : Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ales (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Nimes (36km) : Uzes (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lodeve (48km) :
- Grand Site of France: Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert / Gorges de l'Herault (30km) : Cirque de Navacelles (34km) : Valle du Salagou (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontanes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontanès
Canton: Claret
Arrondissement: Montpellier
Department: Herault
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 34270
Distance to Fontanes
from Montpellier: 20 km
from Paris: 576 km
from Calais: 811 km
from Nice: 270 km
from Bordeaux: 375 km
from Strasbourg: 609 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontanes): Lauret, Le Triadou, Montaud, Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel, Saint-Mathieu-de-Treviers, Sauteyrargues, Vacquieres and Valflaunes.
Getting here
For driving distances to Fontanes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontanes