Grasse travel guide
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Visit Grasse: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Grasse is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 28 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Grasse is 676 km from Paris and 896 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Grasse (page also includes a photo gallery for Grasse)
Popular places to visit near Grasse: these include Opio at 5 km and Le Bar-sur-Loup at 7 km.
Jardin de la Villa Fort de France is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 1km and Gourdon is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Grasse: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; Grasse has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Grasse, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Grasse
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Grasse.
Note that all distances from Grasse shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Grasse holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Grasse (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 Grasse and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (1km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (15km) : Le Vallon du Brec (18km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (18km) : Jardin botanique (28km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (33km) : Palais Carnolès (48km) : La citronneraie (48km) : Serre de la Madone (48km) :
- National Monuments: Frejus Cathedral cloisters (29km) : Trophy of Augustus (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Gourdon (8km) : Seillans (23km) : Coaraze (38km) : Sainte-Agnes (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (14km) : Eglise de St Raphaël (Saint-Raphael) (29km) : Cathédrale Saint Léonce (Frejus) (29km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cannes (14km) : Nice (28km) : Menton (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Frejus (29km) :
- Grand Site of France: Gorges du Verdon (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Grasse & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Grasse
Canton: Grasse
Arrondissement: Grasse
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06130
Distance to Grasse
from Nice: 28 km
from Paris: 676 km
from Calais: 896 km
from Nice: 28 km
from Bordeaux: 611 km
from Strasbourg: 551 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Grasse): Cabris, Chateauneuf-Grasse, Le Bar-sur-Loup, Mouans-Sartoux, Opio, Peymeinade, Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey and Speracedes.
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 Grasse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Grasse