Orange travel guide
Visit Orange: Highlights and Tourist Information
IMPORTANT: this is a summary of local highlights. For detailed visitor information see Orange travel guide
Location: Orange is situated in the Vaucluse department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 21 km from Avignon, the department capital. (General information: Orange is 557 km from Paris and 789 km from the port at Calais).
Tourist classifications for Orange: Heritage site;
Market days in Orange: weekly market: every day except Sunday; (markets take place in the morning unless indicated)
Popular places to visit near Orange: these include Seguret at 19 km and Villeneuve-les-Avignon at 19 km. Jardin du château de Brantes is a listed remarkable garden at 15 km and Seguret is a listed most beautiful village at 19 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Orange, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Orange
See France This Way travel guides for Vaucluse and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Orange.
Note that all distances from Orange shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Orange holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Orange
- Orange: market every every day except Sunday (0km)
- Piolenc: market every Monday (5km)
- Courthezon: market every Friday (8km)
- Roquemaure: market every Tuesday (10km)
- Sainte-Cecile-les-Vignes: market every Saturday (13km)
- Bagnols-sur-Ceze: market every Wednesday (16km)
- Sorgues: market every Sunday (16km)
- Bollene: market every Monday (16km)
- Suze-la-Rousse: market every Friday (17km)
- Villeneuve-les-Avignon: market every Thursday (19km)
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 Orange and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Orange map below.
Grand Site Of France Pont du Gard (31km); Aven d'Orgnac (36km); Mont Ventoux (38km); Gorges de l'Ardeche (44km)
Heritage Site Avignon Centre (21km); Pont du Gard (31km)
Most Beautiful Village Seguret (19km); La Roque-sur-Ceze (24km); Aigueze (27km); Venasque (31km); Gordes (40km); Menerbes (47km); Roussillon (47km)
National Monument Fort Saint-Andre (19km); Glanum (39km)
Recommended Detour Vaison-la-Romaine (24km); Pernes-les-Fontaines (25km); Nyons (36km); Beaucaire (39km)
Religious Monument Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (21km); Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (24km); Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (24km); Eglise de Saint Michel (La Garde-Adhemar) (29km); Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (33km); Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (34km); Abbaye d'Aiguebelle (Montjoyer) (38km); Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (40km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin du château de Brantes (15km); Jarditrain (28km); Jardin des herbes (29km); Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (32km); Jardins de la Fontaine (49km); Jardin de la Louve (53km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Villeneuve-les-Avignon (19km); Avignon (22km); Uzes (34km); Beaucaire (39km); Viviers (39km); Nimes (49km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Dentelles de Montmirail (21km)
Town Of Art And History Carpentras (21km); Vaison-la-Romaine (24km); Uzes (34km); Beaucaire (39km); Nimes (49km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park La Ferme aux crocodiles (26km)
Map of places to visit near Orange & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Orange
Canton: Orange
Arrondissement: Avignon
Department: Vaucluse
Region: Provence
Postcode: 84100
Distance to Orange
from Avignon (local prefecture): 21 km
from Paris: 557 km
from Calais: 789 km
from Nice: 203 km
from Bordeaux: 434 km
from Strasbourg: 543 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Orange): Caderousse, Camaret-sur-Aigues, Courthezon, Piolenc and Serignan-du-Comtat.
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 Orange from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Orange