La Rochette travel guide
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Visit La Rochette: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Rochette is situated in the Hautes-Alpes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 7 km from Gap, the department capital. (General information: La Rochette is 555 km from Paris and 776 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Embrun at 27 km from La Rochette
Popular places to visit near La Rochette: these include Embrun at 27 km and Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette at 30 km.
Domaine de Charance is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Poligny is a listed 'town of art and history' at 14km. 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 Rochette, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Rochette
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 Rochette.
Note that all distances from La Rochette shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Rochette holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Rochette (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 Rochette and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine de Charance (8km) :
- National Monuments: Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poligny (14km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (39km) : Sisteron (48km) :
Map of places to visit near La Rochette & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rochette
Canton: Bâtie-Neuve
Arrondissement: Gap
Department: Hautes-Alpes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 05000
Distance to La Rochette
from Gap: 7 km
from Paris: 555 km
from Calais: 776 km
from Nice: 133 km
from Bordeaux: 532 km
from Strasbourg: 460 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 La Rochette): Ancelle, Forest-Saint-Julien, La Batie-Neuve, La Batie-Vieille, Rambaud, Saint-Laurent-du-Cros and Saint-Leger-les-Melezes.
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 Rochette from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Rochette