Istres travel guide

Istres photo, taken in Martigues France

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Visit Istres: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Istres is situated in the Bouches-du-Rhone department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 39 km from Marseille, the department capital. (General information: Istres is 628 km from Paris and 860 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Martigues at 13 km from Istres

Popular places to visit near Istres: these include Martigues at 13 km and Salon-de-Provence at 17 km.

Martigues is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 13km and Abbaye Notre Dame de Montmajour (Arles) is a listed 'religious monument' at 27km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Istres: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*;

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Istres, France

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

photo of Arles
Arles 34km
photo of Lacoste
Lacoste 42km

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 Istres.

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

Istres holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Istres (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 Bouches-du-Rhone 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 Istres and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l'Alchimiste (28km) : Jardin d'Eguilles (30km) : Jardin d'Albertas (35km) : Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (41km) : Parc du 26e Centenaire (42km) : Parc Borély (43km) : Parc Longchamp (43km) : Jardin de la Louve (43km) : Jardin de la Magalone (43km) : Jardin du château de Val Joanis (46km) :
  2. National Monuments: Glanum (33km) : Montmajour Abbey (34km) : Chateau d'If (40km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Baux-de-Provence (30km) : Menerbes (40km) : Lourmarin (41km) : Ansouis (46km) : Gordes (47km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de Montmajour (Arles) (27km) : Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (34km) : Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) (34km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (46km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (47km) : Abbaye de Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles) (48km) :
  5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Martigues (13km) :
  6. Heritage Sites: Roman Arles (34km) :
  7. Towns of Art and History: Arles (34km) : Marseille (40km) : Beaucaire (43km) :
  8. Recommended Detour Town: Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (46km) :

Map of places to visit near Istres & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Istres

Canton: Istres

Arrondissement: Istres

Department: Bouches-du-Rhone

Region: Provence

Postcode: 13800

Distance to Istres

from Marseille: 39 km

from Paris: 628 km

from Calais: 860 km

from Nice: 185 km

from Bordeaux: 467 km

from Strasbourg: 603 km

* distances are direct not by road!

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

More information

We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Istres): Saint-Chamas.

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 Istres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Istres