Le Castellet travel guide
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Visit Le Castellet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Le Castellet is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 27 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: Le Castellet is 613 km from Paris and 839 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lurs at 8 km from Le Castellet
Popular places to visit near Le Castellet: these include Lurs at 8 km and Valensole at 11 km.
Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km and Clos de Villeneuve is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km. 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 Le Castellet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Castellet
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 Le Castellet.
Note that all distances from Le Castellet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Castellet holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Le Castellet (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 Le Castellet and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Clos de Villeneuve (11km) : Jardins du château de Sauvan (17km) : Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (17km) : Jardin du château de Val Joanis (47km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Moustiers (22km) : Ansouis (47km) : Tourtour (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) (9km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sisteron (28km) : Apt (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Gorges du Verdon (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Le Castellet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Castellet
Canton: Mées
Arrondissement: Digne-les-Bains
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 04700
Distance to Le Castellet
from Digne-les-Bains: 27 km
from Paris: 613 km
from Calais: 839 km
from Nice: 107 km
from Bordeaux: 530 km
from Strasbourg: 534 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Castellet): Brunet, Entrevennes, Oraison and Puimichel.
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 Le Castellet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Castellet