Fontanes travel guide
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Visit Fontanes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontanes is situated in the Lozere department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 36 km from Mende, the department capital. (General information: Fontanes is 467 km from Paris and 702 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Pradelles at 8 km from Fontanes
Popular places to visit near Fontanes: these include Pradelles at 8 km and Arlempdes at 15 km.
Pradelles is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 8km and Arlempdes is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 15km. 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 Lozere 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 Lozere 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': Jardin du mas de l'Abri (44km) : Jardin du Tomple (45km) :
- National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (31km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Pradelles (8km) : Arlempdes (15km) : La Garde-Guerin (29km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (32km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Puy en Velay (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Le Puy-en-Velay (32km) : Marvejols (46km) : Vals-les-Bains (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Gorges du Gardon (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontanes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontanes
Canton: Langogne
Arrondissement: Mende
Department: Lozere
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 48300
Distance to Fontanes
from Mende: 36 km
from Paris: 467 km
from Calais: 702 km
from Nice: 302 km
from Bordeaux: 344 km
from Strasbourg: 521 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontanes): Auroux, Chastanier, Langogne, Naussac, Rauret, Saint-Bonnet-de-Montauroux and Saint-Etienne-du-Vigan.
Getting here
For driving distances to Fontanes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontanes