Gonfaron travel guide
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Visit Gonfaron: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gonfaron is situated in the Var department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 36 km from Toulon, the department capital. (General information: Gonfaron is 686 km from Paris and 912 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bormes-les-Mimosas at 19 km from Gonfaron
Popular places to visit near Gonfaron: these include Bormes-les-Mimosas at 19 km and Grimaud at 20 km.
Abbaye du Thoronet (Le Thoronet) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km and Thoronet Abbey is a listed 'national monument' at 16km. 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 Gonfaron, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gonfaron
See France This Way travel guides for Var and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gonfaron.
Note that all distances from Gonfaron shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gonfaron holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gonfaron (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 Var 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 Gonfaron and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin d’oiseaux tropicaux (21km) : Domaine du Rayol (24km) : Jardin d’Elie Alexis (25km) : Parc Olbius Riquier (26km) : Jardin du castel Sainte Claire (26km) : Parc Saint Bernard (26km) : Jardin Germaine l’Hardy-Denonain (26km) : Le Plantier de Costebelle (28km) : Jardin de Baudouvin (32km) : Domaine d'Orvès (32km) :
- National Monuments: Thoronet Abbey (16km) : Frejus Cathedral cloisters (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Gassin (26km) : Tourtour (30km) : Seillans (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Thoronet (Le Thoronet) (15km) : Cathédrale Saint Léonce (Frejus) (38km) : Eglise de St Raphaël (Saint-Raphael) (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Bormes-les-Mimosas (20km) : Hyeres (25km) : Sanary-sur-Mer (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Frejus (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Grimaud (20km) : Ollioules (41km) : Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Gorges du Verdon (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Gonfaron & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gonfaron
Canton: Besse-sur-Issole
Arrondissement: Brignoles
Department: Var
Region: Provence
Postcode: 83590
Distance to Gonfaron
from Toulon: 36 km
from Paris: 686 km
from Calais: 912 km
from Nice: 90 km
from Bordeaux: 573 km
from Strasbourg: 596 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gonfaron): Flassans-sur-Issole, Les Mayons and Pignans.
Getting here
Var is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into the airports at Nice or Toulon. To drive from the channel ports allow about 11 hours driving time. For driving distances to Gonfaron from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gonfaron