Gorges du Verdon travel guide
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Visit Gorges du Verdon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gorges du Verdon is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 33 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: Gorges du Verdon is 640 km from Paris and 863 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Gorges du Verdon (page also includes a photo gallery for Gorges du Verdon)
Popular places to visit near Gorges du Verdon: these include Castellane at 7 km and Bargeme at 16 km.
Lac de Castillon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 10km and Gorges du Verdon is a listed 'grand site of france' 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 Gorges du Verdon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gorges du Verdon
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gorges du Verdon.
Note that all distances from Gorges du Verdon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gorges du Verdon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gorges du Verdon (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-de-Haute-Provence 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 Gorges du Verdon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Clos de Villeneuve (36km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (43km) :
- National Monuments: Thoronet Abbey (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Moustiers (17km) : Tourtour (28km) : Seillans (28km) : Gourdon (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Thoronet (Le Thoronet) (43km) : Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (44km) :
- Grand Site of France: Gorges du Verdon (11km) :
Map of places to visit near Gorges du Verdon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gorges du Verdon
Canton: na
Arrondissement: na
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: na
Distance to Gorges du Verdon
from Digne-les-Bains: 33 km
from Paris: 640 km
from Calais: 863 km
from Nice: 69 km
from Bordeaux: 568 km
from Strasbourg: 538 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gorges du Verdon): Blieux and Rougon.
Getting here
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - by car from Calais the drive takes about 11 hours. For driving distances to Gorges du Verdon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gorges du Verdon