Mons travel guide
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Visit Mons: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Mons is situated in the Var department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 89 km from Toulon, the department capital. (General information: Mons is 665 km from Paris and 886 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Mons (page also includes a photo gallery for Mons)
Popular places to visit near Mons: these include Callian at 8 km and Seillans at 8 km.
Seillans is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 8km and Grottes de Saint-Cezaire is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Mons: Part of the Pays de Fayence region;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Mons, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mons
See France This Way travel guides for Var and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Mons.
Note that all distances from Mons shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mons holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Mons (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 Var 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 Mons and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (17km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (26km) : Le Vallon du Brec (29km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (35km) : Jardin botanique (44km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (49km) :
- National Monuments: Frejus Cathedral cloisters (29km) : Thoronet Abbey (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Seillans (8km) : Gourdon (22km) : Tourtour (35km) : Moustiers (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (29km) : Cathédrale Saint Léonce (Frejus) (29km) : Eglise de St Raphaël (Saint-Raphael) (30km) : Abbaye du Thoronet (Le Thoronet) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cannes (29km) : Nice (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (17km) : Frejus (29km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Grimaud (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Gorges du Verdon (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Mons & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mons
Canton: Fayence
Arrondissement: Draguignan
Department: Var
Region: Provence
Postcode: 83440
Distance to Mons
from Toulon: 89 km
from Paris: 665 km
from Calais: 886 km
from Nice: 45 km
from Bordeaux: 594 km
from Strasbourg: 550 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Mons): Escragnolles.
Getting here
Var is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into the airports at Nice or Toulon. To drive from the channel ports allow about 11 hours driving time. For driving distances to Mons from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mons