La Garde travel guide
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Visit La Garde: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Garde is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 39 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: La Garde is 645 km from Paris and 867 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Castellane at 4 km from La Garde
Popular places to visit near La Garde: these include Castellane at 4 km and Gorges du Verdon at 10 km.
Lac de Castillon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 6km and Gorges du Verdon is a listed 'grand site of france' 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 La Garde, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Garde
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Garde.
Note that all distances from La Garde shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Garde holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Garde (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-de-Haute-Provence 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 Garde and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (34km) : Le Vallon du Brec (39km) : Clos de Villeneuve (46km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (46km) :
- National Monuments: Frejus Cathedral cloisters (47km) : Thoronet Abbey (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Seillans (23km) : Moustiers (27km) : Tourtour (34km) : Gourdon (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Léonce (Frejus) (46km) : Abbaye du Thoronet (Le Thoronet) (47km) : Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (48km) : Eglise de St Raphaël (Saint-Raphael) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cannes (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (35km) : Frejus (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Gorges du Verdon (19km) :
Map of places to visit near La Garde & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Garde
Canton: Castellane
Arrondissement: Castellane
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 04120
Distance to La Garde
from Digne-les-Bains: 39 km
from Paris: 645 km
from Calais: 867 km
from Nice: 59 km
from Bordeaux: 578 km
from Strasbourg: 536 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Garde): Castellane, Demandolx and Le Bourguet.
Getting here
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - by car from Calais the drive takes about 11 hours. For driving distances to La Garde from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Garde