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Visit Ilonse: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ilonse is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 40 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Ilonse is 648 km from Paris and 864 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mercantour National Park at 15 km from Ilonse
Popular places to visit near Ilonse: these include Mercantour National Park at 15 km and Coaraze at 24 km.
Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km and Col de la Lombarde is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 19km. 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 Ilonse, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ilonse
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ilonse.
Note that all distances from Ilonse shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ilonse holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ilonse (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 Ilonse and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (7km) : Le Vallon du Brec (27km) : Jardin botanique (39km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (42km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (43km) : Palais Carnolès (43km) : La citronneraie (43km) : Serre de la Madone (43km) :
- National Monuments: Saorge Monastery (37km) : Trophy of Augustus (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coaraze (24km) : Gourdon (36km) : Sainte-Agnes (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nice (40km) : Menton (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Ilonse & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ilonse
Canton: Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée
Arrondissement: Nice
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06420
Distance to Ilonse
from Nice: 40 km
from Paris: 648 km
from Calais: 864 km
from Nice: 39 km
from Bordeaux: 616 km
from Strasbourg: 509 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ilonse): Bairols, Clans, Marie, Pierlas, Rimplas, Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinee and Thiery.
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 Ilonse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ilonse