Gargas travel guide
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Visit Gargas: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gargas is situated in the Vaucluse department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 44 km from Avignon, the department capital. (General information: Gargas is 597 km from Paris and 827 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Apt at 4 km from Gargas
Popular places to visit near Gargas: these include Apt at 4 km and Roussillon at 5 km.
Apt is a listed 'recommended detour' at 4km and Roussillon is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 5km. 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 Gargas, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gargas
See France This Way travel guides for Vaucluse and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gargas.
Note that all distances from Gargas shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gargas holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gargas (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 Vaucluse 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 Gargas and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la Louve (10km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (16km) : Jarditrain (23km) : Jardin du château de Val Joanis (26km) : Jardins du château de Sauvan (33km) : Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (33km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (36km) : Jardin d'Eguilles (37km) : Jardin du château de Brantes (41km) : Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (47km) :
- National Monuments: Glanum (44km) : Fort Saint-Andre (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Roussillon (5km) : Gordes (13km) : Menerbes (14km) : Lourmarin (15km) : Venasque (20km) : Ansouis (20km) : Seguret (43km) : Baux-de-Provence (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (13km) : Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (21km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (22km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (44km) : Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) (45km) : Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (45km) :
- Heritage Sites: Avignon Centre (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Carpentras (30km) : Vaison-la-Romaine (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Apt (4km) : Pernes-les-Fontaines (26km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (31km) : Montagne Sainte-Victoire (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Gargas & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gargas
Canton: Apt
Arrondissement: Apt
Department: Vaucluse
Region: Provence
Postcode: 84400
Distance to Gargas
from Avignon: 44 km
from Paris: 597 km
from Calais: 827 km
from Nice: 155 km
from Bordeaux: 483 km
from Strasbourg: 552 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 Gargas): Apt, Lioux, Roussillon, Saignon, Saint-Saturnin-les-Apt and Villars.
Getting here
Vaucluse is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - coming by car to the region takes about 10 hours from the cross-channel ferry ports. For driving distances to Gargas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gargas