Monteux travel guide
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Visit Monteux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Monteux is situated in the Vaucluse department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 18 km from Avignon, the department capital. (General information: Monteux is 573 km from Paris and 804 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Carpentras at 5 km from Monteux
Popular places to visit near Monteux: these include Carpentras at 5 km and Pernes-les-Fontaines at 6 km.
Carpentras is a listed 'town of art and history' at 5km and Pernes-les-Fontaines is a listed 'recommended detour' at 6km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Monteux: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Monteux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Monteux
See France This Way travel guides for Vaucluse and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Monteux.
Note that all distances from Monteux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Monteux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Monteux (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 Monteux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jarditrain (10km) : Jardin du château de Brantes (10km) : Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (27km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (31km) : Jardin de la Louve (34km) : Jardin des herbes (44km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (46km) :
- National Monuments: Fort Saint-Andre (18km) : Glanum (30km) : Montmajour Abbey (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Venasque (13km) : Seguret (19km) : Gordes (21km) : Roussillon (28km) : Menerbes (28km) : Baux-de-Provence (36km) : Lourmarin (42km) : La Roque-sur-Ceze (42km) : Aigueze (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (15km) : Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (18km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (21km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (24km) : Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (40km) : Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (La Garde-Adhemar) (44km) : Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (46km) : Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Avignon Centre (18km) : Orange Roman Theatre (19km) : Pont du Gard (38km) : Roman Arles (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Carpentras (5km) : Vaison-la-Romaine (24km) : Beaucaire (38km) : Uzes (46km) : Arles (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pernes-les-Fontaines (6km) : Apt (37km) : Nyons (38km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (28km) :
Map of places to visit near Monteux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Monteux
Canton: Carpentras-Sud
Arrondissement: Carpentras
Department: Vaucluse
Region: Provence
Postcode: 84170
Distance to Monteux
from Avignon: 18 km
from Paris: 573 km
from Calais: 804 km
from Nice: 186 km
from Bordeaux: 451 km
from Strasbourg: 548 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Monteux): Althen-Des-Paluds, Carpentras, Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue, Loriol-du-Comtat, Pernes-les-Fontaines and Sarrians.
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 Monteux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Monteux