Gilette travel guide
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Visit Gilette: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gilette is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 19 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Gilette is 668 km from Paris and 884 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Coaraze at 11 km from Gilette
Popular places to visit near Gilette: these include Coaraze at 11 km and Vence at 15 km.
Baou de Saint-Jeannet is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 11km and Coaraze is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 11km. 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 Gilette, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gilette
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gilette.
Note that all distances from Gilette shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gilette holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gilette (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 Alpes-Maritimes 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 Gilette and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le Vallon du Brec (11km) : Jardin botanique (18km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (21km) : La citronneraie (28km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (28km) : Serre de la Madone (28km) : Palais Carnolès (28km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (28km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (30km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (40km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (22km) : Saorge Monastery (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coaraze (11km) : Gourdon (21km) : Sainte-Agnes (24km) : Seillans (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nice (19km) : Menton (29km) : Cannes (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Gilette & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gilette
Canton: Roquesteron
Arrondissement: Nice
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06830
Distance to Gilette
from Nice: 19 km
from Paris: 668 km
from Calais: 884 km
from Nice: 18 km
from Bordeaux: 625 km
from Strasbourg: 528 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gilette): Bezaudun-les-Alpes, Bonson, Bouyon, La Roquette-sur-Var, Le Broc, Les Ferres, Levens, Revest-les-Roches, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Martin-du-Var, Toudon and Tourette-du-Chateau.
Getting here
Alpes-Maritimes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice airport. Coming from the UK by car the route takes about 12 hours (can be busy in summer). For driving distances to Gilette from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gilette