Montsalier travel guide
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Visit Montsalier: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montsalier is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 51 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: Montsalier is 594 km from Paris and 821 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Simiane-la-Rotonde at 5 km from Montsalier
Popular places to visit near Montsalier: these include Simiane-la-Rotonde at 5 km and Oppedette at 9 km.
Colorado Provencal is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 14km and Jardins du prieuré de Salagon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km. 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 Montsalier, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montsalier
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 Montsalier.
Note that all distances from Montsalier shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montsalier holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montsalier (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 Montsalier and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (15km) : Jardins du château de Sauvan (15km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (30km) : Jardin de la Louve (32km) : Clos de Villeneuve (36km) : Jardin du château de Val Joanis (36km) : Jarditrain (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Roussillon (28km) : Ansouis (33km) : Lourmarin (34km) : Gordes (35km) : Venasque (37km) : Menerbes (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) (24km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (35km) : Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (41km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Carpentras (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Apt (23km) : Sisteron (33km) : Pernes-les-Fontaines (44km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (32km) :
Map of places to visit near Montsalier & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montsalier
Canton: Banon
Arrondissement: Forcalquier
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 04150
Distance to Montsalier
from Digne-les-Bains: 51 km
from Paris: 594 km
from Calais: 821 km
from Nice: 137 km
from Bordeaux: 500 km
from Strasbourg: 534 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Montsalier): Banon, Revest-Des-Brousses and Simiane-la-Rotonde.
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 Montsalier from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montsalier