Oraison travel guide
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Visit Oraison: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Oraison is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 33 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: Oraison is 614 km from Paris and 840 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lurs at 7 km from Oraison
Popular places to visit near Oraison: these include Lurs at 7 km and Valensole at 10 km.
Clos de Villeneuve is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. 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 Oraison, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Oraison
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 Oraison.
Note that all distances from Oraison shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Oraison holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Oraison (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 Oraison and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Clos de Villeneuve (10km) : Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (12km) : Jardins du château de Sauvan (12km) : Jardin du château de Val Joanis (41km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (41km) : Jardin de la Louve (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Moustiers (26km) : Ansouis (41km) : Tourtour (47km) : Lourmarin (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) (10km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sisteron (32km) : Apt (42km) :
- Grand Site of France: Gorges du Verdon (41km) : Montagne Sainte-Victoire (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Oraison & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Oraison
Canton: Mées
Arrondissement: Digne-les-Bains
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 04700
Distance to Oraison
from Digne-les-Bains: 33 km
from Paris: 614 km
from Calais: 840 km
from Nice: 111 km
from Bordeaux: 526 km
from Strasbourg: 539 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Oraison): La Brillanne, Le Castellet, Niozelles, Villeneuve and Volx.
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 Oraison from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Oraison