Gruyeres travel guide
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Visit Gruyeres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gruyeres is situated in the Ardennes department (Champagne-Ardenne region) in the north-east of France at 11 km from Charleville-Mezieres, the department capital. (General information: Gruyeres is 189 km from Paris and 239 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Montherme at 22 km from Gruyeres
Popular places to visit near Gruyeres: these include Montherme at 22 km and Sedan at 24 km.
Lac de Bairon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 24km and Sedan is a listed 'town of art and history' at 25km. 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 Gruyeres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gruyeres
See France This Way travel guides for and Champagne-Ardenne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gruyeres.
Note that all distances from Gruyeres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gruyeres holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gruyeres (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 France and Ardennes 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 Gruyeres and wondering what to do next!
- Beautiful Villages: Parfondeval (32km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Semide (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sedan (25km) :
Map of places to visit near Gruyeres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gruyères
Canton: Signy-l'Abbaye
Arrondissement: Charleville-Mézières
Department: Ardennes
Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Postcode: 08430
Distance to Gruyeres
from Charleville-Mezieres: 11 km
from Paris: 189 km
from Calais: 239 km
from Nice: 698 km
from Bordeaux: 668 km
from Strasbourg: 261 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gruyeres): Barbaise, Champigneul-sur-Vence, Clavy-Warby, Evigny, Fagnon, Guignicourt-sur-Vence, Jandun, Mondigny, Neuville-les-This, Saint-Marcel, Saint-Pierre-sur-Vence, This, Touligny, Villers-sur-le-Mont, Warnecourt and Yvernaumont.
Getting here
For driving distances to Gruyeres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gruyeres