Le Pontet travel guide
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Visit Le Pontet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Le Pontet is situated in the Vaucluse department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 4 km from Avignon, the department capital. (General information: Le Pontet is 577 km from Paris and 809 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Avignon at 5 km from Le Pontet
Popular places to visit near Le Pontet: these include Avignon at 5 km and Villeneuve-les-Avignon at 5 km.
Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Fort Saint-Andre is a listed 'national monument' at 5km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Le Pontet: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Le Pontet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Pontet
See France This Way travel guides for Vaucluse and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Le Pontet.
Note that all distances from Le Pontet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Pontet holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Le Pontet (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 Vaucluse 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 Pontet and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Brantes (5km) : Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (14km) : Jarditrain (21km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (24km) : Jardin de la Louve (39km) : Jardins de la Fontaine (42km) : Jardin des herbes (49km) :
- National Monuments: Fort Saint-Andre (5km) : Glanum (19km) : Montmajour Abbey (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Venasque (23km) : Baux-de-Provence (25km) : Gordes (28km) : Seguret (30km) : Menerbes (31km) : Roussillon (35km) : La Roque-sur-Ceze (37km) : Aigueze (45km) : Lourmarin (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (5km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (19km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (28km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (35km) : Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (36km) : Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) (37km) : Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (44km) : Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (45km) : Abbaye de Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles) (47km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (La Garde-Adhemar) (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Avignon Centre (5km) : Orange Roman Theatre (20km) : Pont du Gard (26km) : Roman Arles (37km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Carpentras (18km) : Beaucaire (24km) : Vaison-la-Romaine (35km) : Uzes (36km) : Arles (37km) : Nimes (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pernes-les-Fontaines (16km) : Apt (44km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Le Pontet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pontet
Canton: Avignon-Nord
Arrondissement: Avignon
Department: Vaucluse
Region: Provence
Postcode: 84130
Distance to Le Pontet
from Avignon: 4 km
from Paris: 577 km
from Calais: 809 km
from Nice: 195 km
from Bordeaux: 443 km
from Strasbourg: 560 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Pontet): Avignon, Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue, Jonquerettes, Sorgues, Vedene and Villeneuve-les-Avignon.
Getting here
Vaucluse is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - coming by car to the region takes about 10 hours from the cross-channel ferry ports. For driving distances to Le Pontet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Pontet