Laye travel guide
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Visit Laye: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Laye is situated in the Hautes-Alpes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 12 km from Gap, the department capital. (General information: Laye is 546 km from Paris and 767 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette at 20 km from Laye
Popular places to visit near Laye: these include Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette at 20 km and Mens at 32 km.
Poligny is a listed 'town of art and history' at 5km and Domaine de Charance is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km. 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 Laye, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Laye
See France This Way travel guides for Hautes-Alpes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Laye.
Note that all distances from Laye shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Laye holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Laye (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 Laye and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine de Charance (10km) : Jardin alpin du Lautaret (47km) :
- National Monuments: Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Grave (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poligny (5km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Laye & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Laye
Canton: Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur
Arrondissement: Gap
Department: Hautes-Alpes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 05500
Distance to Laye
from Gap: 12 km
from Paris: 546 km
from Calais: 767 km
from Nice: 142 km
from Bordeaux: 526 km
from Strasbourg: 454 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Laye): Benevent-et-Charbillac, Buissard, Forest-Saint-Julien, La Fare-en-Champsaur, Le Noyer, Les Infournas, Poligny, Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur, Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur and Saint-Laurent-du-Cros.
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 Laye from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Laye