Gourdon travel guide
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Visit Gourdon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gourdon is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 24 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Gourdon is 672 km from Paris and 891 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Gourdon (page also includes a photo gallery for Gourdon)
Popular places to visit near Gourdon: these include Le Bar-sur-Loup at 2 km and Opio at 6 km.
Grasse is a listed 'town of art and history' at 8km and Jardin de la Villa Fort de France is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Gourdon: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; One of the 'most beautiful villages in France' (see also beautiful French villages);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Gourdon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gourdon
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gourdon.
Note that all distances from Gourdon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gourdon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gourdon (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 Gourdon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (8km) : Le Vallon du Brec (10km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (19km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (22km) : Jardin botanique (23km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (28km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (42km) : Palais Carnolès (43km) : Serre de la Madone (43km) : La citronneraie (43km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (34km) : Frejus Cathedral cloisters (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Seillans (29km) : Coaraze (30km) : Sainte-Agnes (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (19km) : Cathédrale Saint Léonce (Frejus) (37km) : Eglise de St Raphaël (Saint-Raphael) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cannes (19km) : Nice (24km) : Menton (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (8km) : Frejus (38km) :
- Grand Site of France: Gorges du Verdon (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Gourdon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gourdon
Canton: Bar-sur-Loup
Arrondissement: Grasse
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06620
Distance to Gourdon
from Nice: 24 km
from Paris: 672 km
from Calais: 891 km
from Nice: 23 km
from Bordeaux: 614 km
from Strasbourg: 544 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 Gourdon): Chateauneuf-Grasse, Courmes, Le Bar-sur-Loup, Le Rouret, Opio and Roquefort-les-Pins.
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 Gourdon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gourdon