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Visit La Tour: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Tour is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 28 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: La Tour is 659 km from Paris and 875 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Coaraze at 13 km from La Tour
Popular places to visit near La Tour: these include Coaraze at 13 km and Sospel at 23 km.
Coaraze is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 13km and Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 18km. 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 Tour, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Tour
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 Tour.
Note that all distances from La Tour shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Tour holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Tour (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 Tour and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (18km) : Le Vallon du Brec (20km) : Jardin botanique (28km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (30km) : La citronneraie (32km) : Palais Carnolès (32km) : Serre de la Madone (32km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (38km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (41km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (28km) : Saorge Monastery (30km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coaraze (13km) : Sainte-Agnes (28km) : Gourdon (30km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nice (28km) : Menton (32km) : Cannes (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (38km) :
Map of places to visit near La Tour & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tour
Canton: Villars-sur-Var
Arrondissement: Nice
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06710
Distance to La Tour
from Nice: 28 km
from Paris: 659 km
from Calais: 875 km
from Nice: 28 km
from Bordeaux: 624 km
from Strasbourg: 517 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 Tour): Bairols, Clans, Malaussene, Massoins, Toudon, Tournefort and Utelle.
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 Tour from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Tour