La Brigue travel guide
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Visit La Brigue: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Brigue is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 49 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: La Brigue is 668 km from Paris and 879 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see La Brigue (page also includes a photo gallery for La Brigue)
Popular places to visit near La Brigue: these include Tende at 3 km and Saorge at 10 km.
Saorge Monastery is a listed 'national monument' at 10km and Cirque du Gelas is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 20km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for La Brigue: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near La Brigue, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Brigue
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Brigue.
Note that all distances from La Brigue shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Brigue holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Brigue (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 La Brigue and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La citronneraie (33km) : Palais Carnolès (33km) : Serre de la Madone (33km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (42km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (47km) : Jardin botanique (49km) :
- National Monuments: Saorge Monastery (10km) : Trophy of Augustus (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Sainte-Agnes (32km) : Coaraze (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Menton (33km) : Nice (49km) :
Map of places to visit near La Brigue & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brigue
Canton: Tende
Arrondissement: Nice
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06430
Distance to La Brigue
from Nice: 49 km
from Paris: 668 km
from Calais: 879 km
from Nice: 49 km
from Bordeaux: 656 km
from Strasbourg: 503 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 La Brigue): Tende.
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 La Brigue from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Brigue