Gigondas travel guide
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Visit Gigondas: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gigondas is situated in the Vaucluse department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 29 km from Avignon, the department capital. (General information: Gigondas is 560 km from Paris and 790 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Seguret at 5 km from Gigondas
Popular places to visit near Gigondas: these include Seguret at 5 km and Dentelles de Montmirail at 5 km.
Dentelles de Montmirail is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 5km and Seguret is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 5km. 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 Gigondas, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gigondas
See France This Way travel guides for Vaucluse and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gigondas.
Note that all distances from Gigondas shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gigondas holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gigondas (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 Gigondas and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jarditrain (19km) : Jardin du château de Brantes (20km) : Jardin des herbes (32km) : Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (39km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (45km) : Jardin de la Louve (45km) :
- National Monuments: Fort Saint-Andre (27km) : Glanum (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Seguret (5km) : Venasque (22km) : Gordes (32km) : Roussillon (37km) : Aigueze (39km) : La Roque-sur-Ceze (39km) : Menerbes (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (10km) : Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (28km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (28km) : Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (29km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (La Garde-Adhemar) (32km) : Abbaye d'Aiguebelle (Montjoyer) (37km) :
- Heritage Sites: Orange Roman Theatre (16km) : Avignon Centre (29km) : Pont du Gard (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vaison-la-Romaine (10km) : Carpentras (13km) : Beaucaire (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pernes-les-Fontaines (19km) : Nyons (24km) : Apt (45km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (22km) : Aven d'Orgnac (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Gigondas & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gigondas
Canton: Beaumes-de-Venise
Arrondissement: Carpentras
Department: Vaucluse
Region: Provence
Postcode: 84190
Distance to Gigondas
from Avignon: 29 km
from Paris: 560 km
from Calais: 790 km
from Nice: 188 km
from Bordeaux: 449 km
from Strasbourg: 535 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 Gigondas): Beaumes-de-Venise, Dentelles de Montmirail, La Roque-Alric, Lafare, Sablet, Saint-Hippolyte-le-Graveyron, Seguret, Suzette, Vacqueyras and Violes.
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 Gigondas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gigondas