Modene travel guide
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Visit Modene: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Modene is situated in the Vaucluse department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 30 km from Avignon, the department capital. (General information: Modene is 569 km from Paris and 800 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Barroux at 4 km from Modene
Popular places to visit near Modene: these include Le Barroux at 4 km and Carpentras at 8 km.
Carpentras is a listed 'town of art and history' at 8km and Dentelles de Montmirail is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 10km. 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 Modene, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Modene
See France This Way travel guides for Vaucluse and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Modene.
Note that all distances from Modene shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Modene holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Modene (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 Modene and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jarditrain (11km) : Jardin du château de Brantes (23km) : Jardin de la Louve (34km) : Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (40km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (41km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (44km) : Jardin des herbes (44km) :
- National Monuments: Fort Saint-Andre (30km) : Glanum (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Venasque (12km) : Seguret (14km) : Gordes (22km) : Roussillon (26km) : Menerbes (31km) : Lourmarin (42km) : Baux-de-Provence (48km) : Ansouis (49km) : La Roque-sur-Ceze (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (16km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (21km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (22km) : Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (31km) : Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (La Garde-Adhemar) (44km) : Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (45km) : Abbaye d'Aiguebelle (Montjoyer) (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Orange Roman Theatre (25km) : Avignon Centre (31km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Carpentras (8km) : Vaison-la-Romaine (16km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pernes-les-Fontaines (13km) : Nyons (29km) : Apt (33km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (15km) :
Map of places to visit near Modene & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Modène
Canton: Mormoiron
Arrondissement: Carpentras
Department: Vaucluse
Region: Provence
Postcode: 84330
Distance to Modene
from Avignon: 30 km
from Paris: 569 km
from Calais: 800 km
from Nice: 177 km
from Bordeaux: 460 km
from Strasbourg: 537 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Modene): Bedoin, Caromb, Crillon-le-Brave, La Roque-Alric, Lafare, Le Barroux, Mazan, Mormoiron, Saint-Hippolyte-le-Graveyron and Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols.
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 Modene from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Modene