Le Poet travel guide
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Visit Le Poet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Le Poet is situated in the Hautes-Alpes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 33 km from Gap, the department capital. (General information: Le Poet is 575 km from Paris and 800 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sisteron at 12 km from Le Poet
Popular places to visit near Le Poet: these include Sisteron at 12 km and Digne-les-Bains at 35 km.
Sisteron is a listed 'recommended detour' at 12km and Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) is a listed 'religious monument' at 33km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Le Poet: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Le Poet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Poet
See France This Way travel guides for Hautes-Alpes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Le Poet.
Note that all distances from Le Poet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Poet holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Le Poet (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 Le Poet and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine de Charance (34km) : Jardins du château de Sauvan (41km) : Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) (33km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poligny (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sisteron (12km) :
Map of places to visit near Le Poet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Poët
Canton: Laragne-Montéglin
Arrondissement: Gap
Department: Hautes-Alpes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 05300
Distance to Le Poet
from Gap: 33 km
from Paris: 575 km
from Calais: 800 km
from Nice: 128 km
from Bordeaux: 516 km
from Strasbourg: 498 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 Le Poet): Laragne-Monteglin, Mison, Sigoyer, Theze, Upaix, Valernes and Vaumeilh.
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 Le Poet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Poet