Montelimar travel guide
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Visit Montelimar: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montelimar is situated in the Drome department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the south-east of France at 43 km from Valence, the department capital. (General information: Montelimar is 511 km from Paris and 742 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Montelimar (page also includes a photo gallery for Montelimar)
Popular places to visit near Montelimar: these include Puygiron at 8 km and Viviers at 10 km.
Abbatiale Sainte-Marie (Cruas) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km and Abbaye d'Aiguebelle (Montjoyer) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Montelimar: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Montelimar, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montelimar
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Montelimar.
Note that all distances from Montelimar shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montelimar holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montelimar (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 Drome 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 Montelimar and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des herbes (19km) : Parc Jouvet (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mirmande (17km) : Vogue (27km) : Balazuc (31km) : Aigueze (33km) : La Roque-sur-Ceze (45km) : Seguret (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale Sainte-Marie (Cruas) (11km) : Abbaye d'Aiguebelle (Montjoyer) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (La Garde-Adhemar) (19km) : Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (24km) : Cathédrale Saint-Apollinaire (Valence) (43km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Valence (43km) : Montelier (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Orange Roman Theatre (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vaison-la-Romaine (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Crest (28km) : Vals-les-Bains (33km) : Nyons (38km) :
- Grand Site of France: Gorges de l'Ardeche (34km) : Aven d'Orgnac (38km) : Gorges du Gardon (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Montelimar & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montélimar
Canton: Montélimar
Arrondissement: Valence
Department: Drome
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 26200
Distance to Montelimar
from Valence: 43 km
from Paris: 511 km
from Calais: 742 km
from Nice: 222 km
from Bordeaux: 422 km
from Strasbourg: 502 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Montelimar): Ancone, Espeluche, Le Teil, Meysse, Montboucher-sur-Jabron, Rochemaure, Saint-Marcel-les-Sauzet, Sauzet and Savasse.
Getting here
For driving distances to Montelimar from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montelimar