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Visit Gap: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gap is situated in the Hautes-Alpes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Hautes-Alpes department. (General information: Gap is 556 km from Paris and 778 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette at 31 km from Gap
Popular places to visit near Gap: these include Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette at 31 km and Seyne-les-Alpes at 32 km.
Domaine de Charance is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 3km and Poligny is a listed 'town of art and history' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Gap: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Gap, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gap
See France This Way travel guides for Hautes-Alpes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gap.
Note that all distances from Gap shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gap holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gap (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 Hautes-Alpes 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 Gap and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine de Charance (3km) :
- National Monuments: Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poligny (15km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sisteron (42km) : L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Gap & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gap
Canton: Gap
Arrondissement: Gap
Department: Hautes-Alpes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 05000
Distance to Gap
from Gap: 0 km
from Paris: 556 km
from Calais: 778 km
from Nice: 134 km
from Bordeaux: 527 km
from Strasbourg: 466 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gap): Jarjayes, La Freissinouse, Neffes, Pelleautier, Rabou and Rambaud.
Getting here
Hautes-Alpes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice, Lyon or Grenoble airports. By car from the UK allow about 10 hours for the journey from Calais to here. For driving distances to Gap from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gap