Mars travel guide
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Visit Mars: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Mars is situated in the Gard department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 67 km from Nimes, the department capital. (General information: Mars is 548 km from Paris and 783 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Vigan at 4 km from Mars
Popular places to visit near Mars: these include Le Vigan at 4 km and La Couvertoirade at 22 km.
Jardin des Sambucs is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Cirque de Navacelles is a listed 'grand site of france' at 13km. 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 Gard and Languedoc-Roussillon (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 Languedoc-Roussillon and Gard 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': Jardin des Sambucs (10km) : Bambouseraie de Prafrance (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Couvertoirade (22km) : Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert (30km) : Sainte-Enimie (42km) : Peyre (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ales (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lodeve (35km) :
- Grand Site of France: Cirque de Navacelles (13km) : Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert / Gorges de l'Herault (30km) : Valle du Salagou (41km) : Gorges du Tarn (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Mars & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mars
Canton: Vigan
Arrondissement: Vigan
Department: Gard
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 30120
Distance to Mars
from Nimes: 67 km
from Paris: 548 km
from Calais: 783 km
from Nice: 300 km
from Bordeaux: 341 km
from Strasbourg: 603 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Mars): Arphy, Arre, Aulas, Aumessas, Aveze, Bez-et-Esparon, Breau-et-Salagosse, Le Vigan, Mandagout, Molieres-Cavaillac, Pommiers and Vigan.
Getting here
For driving distances to Mars from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mars