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Grans travel guide

Visit Grans: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Grans is situated in the Bouches-du-Rhone department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 43 km from Marseille, the department capital. (General information: Grans is 620 km from Paris and 851 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Salon-de-Provence at 4 km from Grans

Popular places to visit near Grans: these include Salon-de-Provence at 4 km and Martigues at 23 km.

Istres is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 12km and Jardin de l'Alchimiste is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 19km. 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 Grans, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Grans

See France This Way travel guides for Bouches-du-Rhone and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Grans.

Note that all distances from Grans shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

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 Grans and wondering what to do next!

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l'Alchimiste (19km) : Jardin d'Eguilles (24km) : Jardin de la Louve (31km) : Jardin d'Albertas (33km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (35km) : Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (36km) : Jardin du château de Val Joanis (37km) : Jarditrain (44km) : Parc du 26e Centenaire (45km) : Jardin du château de Brantes (47km) :
2. National Monuments: Glanum (27km) : Montmajour Abbey (36km) : Chateau d'If (43km) : Fort Saint-Andre (45km) :
3. Beautiful Villages: Baux-de-Provence (26km) : Menerbes (27km) : Lourmarin (29km) : Ansouis (35km) : Gordes (35km) : Roussillon (37km) : Venasque (44km) :
4. Religious monuments: Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (23km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Montmajour (Arles) (33km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (34km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (35km) : Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) (36km) : Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (43km) :
5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Istres (12km) : Martigues (23km) :
6. Heritage Sites: Roman Arles (36km) : Avignon Centre (43km) :
7. Towns of Art and History: Arles (36km) : Beaucaire (40km) : Marseille (43km) : Carpentras (49km) :
8. Recommended Detour Town: Apt (40km) : Pernes-les-Fontaines (43km) :
9. Grand Site of France: Montagne Sainte-Victoire (47km) :

Map of places to visit near Grans & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Grans

Canton: Salon-de-Provence

Arrondissement: Aix-en-Provence

Department: Bouches-du-Rhone

Region: Provence

Postcode: 13450

Distance to Grans

from Marseille: 43 km

from Paris: 620 km

from Calais: 851 km

from Nice: 178 km

from Bordeaux: 470 km

from Strasbourg: 591 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Grans): Cornillon-Confoux, Lancon-Provence, Miramas, Pelissanne and Salon-de-Provence.

Getting here

Bouches-du-Rhone is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into the airport at Marseille or drive from the UK with a journey time of around 10-11 hours. For driving distances to Grans from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Grans