La Grave travel guide
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Visit La Grave: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Grave is situated in the Hautes-Alpes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 57 km from Gap, the department capital. (General information: La Grave is 519 km from Paris and 735 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see La Grave
Popular places to visit near La Grave: these include Ecrins National Park at 14 km and Deux-Alpes at 15 km.
Jardin alpin du Lautaret is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 3km and La Meije is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 4km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for La Grave: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; One of the 'most beautiful villages in France' (see also beautiful French villages);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near La Grave, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Grave
See France This Way travel guides for Hautes-Alpes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Grave.
Note that all distances from La Grave shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Grave holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Grave (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 Hautes-Alpes 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 Grave and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin alpin du Lautaret (3km) : Parc du château de Vizille (42km) : Parc du château du Touvet (45km) : Jardin du musée Hébert (48km) :
- National Monuments: Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Briancon (31km) : Poligny (44km) : Grenoble (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (26km) : L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (34km) :
- Grand Site of France: Vallee de la Claree (30km) :
Map of places to visit near La Grave & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Grave
Canton: Grave
Arrondissement: Briançon
Department: Hautes-Alpes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 05320
Distance to La Grave
from Gap: 57 km
from Paris: 519 km
from Calais: 735 km
from Nice: 168 km
from Bordeaux: 542 km
from Strasbourg: 409 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 Grave): Villar-d'Arene.
Getting here
Hautes-Alpes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice, Lyon or Grenoble airports. By car from the UK allow about 10 hours for the journey from Calais to here. For driving distances to La Grave from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Grave