Fournes travel guide
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Visit Fournes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fournes is situated in the Gard department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 22 km from Nimes, the department capital. (General information: Fournes is 574 km from Paris and 807 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Pont du Gard at 6 km from Fournes
Popular places to visit near Fournes: these include Pont du Gard at 6 km and Tarascon at 14 km.
Pont du Gard is a listed 'heritage site' at 6km and Beaucaire is a listed 'town of art and history' at 14km. 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 Fournes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fournes
See France This Way travel guides for Gard and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fournes.
Note that all distances from Fournes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fournes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fournes (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 Fournes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (16km) : Jardins de la Fontaine (22km) : Jardin du château de Brantes (23km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (34km) : Jarditrain (42km) :
- National Monuments: Fort Saint-Andre (16km) : Glanum (24km) : Montmajour Abbey (28km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Baux-de-Provence (26km) : La Roque-sur-Ceze (30km) : Aigueze (42km) : Venasque (44km) : Seguret (46km) : Gordes (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (16km) : Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (17km) : Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) (28km) : Abbaye de Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles) (31km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (39km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Montmajour (Arles) (43km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (48km) : Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ales (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Pont du Gard (6km) : Avignon Centre (16km) : Roman Arles (28km) : Orange Roman Theatre (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Beaucaire (14km) : Uzes (17km) : Nimes (22km) : Arles (28km) : Carpentras (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pernes-les-Fontaines (37km) :
- Grand Site of France: Camargue (37km) : Aven d'Orgnac (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Fournes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fournès
Canton: Remoulins
Arrondissement: Nîmes
Department: Gard
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 30210
Distance to Fournes
from Nimes: 22 km
from Paris: 574 km
from Calais: 807 km
from Nice: 215 km
from Bordeaux: 424 km
from Strasbourg: 571 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fournes): Castillon-du-Gard, Domazan, Estezargues, Meynes, Montfrin, Remoulins, Saint-Bonnet-du-Gard, Saint-Hilaire-d'Ozilhan, Sernhac and Theziers.
Getting here
For driving distances to Fournes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fournes