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Visit Monaco: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Monaco is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 103 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: Monaco is 690 km from Paris and 905 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Monaco
Popular places to visit near Monaco: these include Monaco at 2 km and La Turbie at 2 km.
Tete de Chien is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 1km and Trophy of Augustus is a listed 'national monument' at 2km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Monaco, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Monaco
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Monaco.
Note that all distances from Monaco shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Monaco holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Monaco (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 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 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 Monaco and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Serre de la Madone (8km) : La citronneraie (8km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (8km) : Palais Carnolès (8km) : Jardin botanique (13km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (29km) : Le Vallon du Brec (31km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (41km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (45km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (48km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (2km) : Saorge Monastery (30km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Sainte-Agnes (8km) : Coaraze (18km) : Gourdon (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Menton (8km) : Nice (12km) : Cannes (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Monaco & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Monaco
Canton: Monaco
Arrondissement: Monaco
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 00000
Distance to Monaco
from Digne-les-Bains: 103 km
from Paris: 690 km
from Calais: 905 km
from Nice: 13 km
from Bordeaux: 648 km
from Strasbourg: 540 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 Monaco): Beausoleil, Cap-d'Ail, Eze, Gorbio, La Turbie, Peillon and Roquebrune-Cap-Martin.
Getting here
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - by car from Calais the drive takes about 11 hours. For driving distances to Monaco from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Monaco