Mars travel guide
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Visit Mars: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Mars is situated in the Ardeche department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the southern-centre of France at 39 km from Privas, the department capital. (General information: Mars is 452 km from Paris and 684 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Desaignes at 16 km from Mars
Popular places to visit near Mars: these include Desaignes at 16 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 30 km.
Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) is a listed 'religious monument' at 21km and Cascade du Ray-Pic is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 28km. 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 Mars, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mars
See France This Way travel guides for Ardeche and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Mars.
Note that all distances from Mars shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mars holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Mars (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 Rhone-Alpes and Ardeche 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 Mars and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc Jouvet (46km) : Jardin japonais (47km) :
- National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Arlempdes (36km) : Pradelles (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (21km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (43km) : Cathédrale Saint-Apollinaire (Valence) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Valence (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Puy en Velay (34km) : Saint-Etienne (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Le Puy-en-Velay (34km) : Vals-les-Bains (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Mars & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mars
Canton: Saint-Agrève
Arrondissement: Tournon-sur-Rhône
Department: Ardeche
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 07320
Distance to Mars
from Privas: 39 km
from Paris: 452 km
from Calais: 684 km
from Nice: 276 km
from Bordeaux: 386 km
from Strasbourg: 474 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Mars): Devesset, Intres, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Les Vastres, Mazet-Saint-Voy and Saint-Julien-Boutieres.
Getting here
For driving distances to Mars from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mars