Orcieres travel guide
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Visit Orcieres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Orcieres is situated in the Hautes-Alpes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 24 km from Gap, the department capital. (General information: Orcieres is 554 km from Paris and 772 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Embrun at 19 km from Orcieres
Popular places to visit near Orcieres: these include Embrun at 19 km and L'Argentiere-la-Bessee at 22 km.
Lac de Serre-Poncon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 19km and L'Argentiere-la-Bessee is a listed 'recommended detour' at 22km. 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 Orcieres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Orcieres
See France This Way travel guides for Hautes-Alpes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Orcieres.
Note that all distances from Orcieres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Orcieres holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Orcieres (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 Hautes-Alpes 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 Orcieres and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine de Charance (25km) : Jardin alpin du Lautaret (40km) :
- National Monuments: Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin (24km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Grave (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poligny (22km) : Briancon (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (22km) :
- Grand Site of France: Vallee de la Claree (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Orcieres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Orcières
Canton: Orcières
Arrondissement: Gap
Department: Hautes-Alpes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 05170
Distance to Orcieres
from Gap: 24 km
from Paris: 554 km
from Calais: 772 km
from Nice: 133 km
from Bordeaux: 545 km
from Strasbourg: 447 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Orcieres): Champoleon.
Getting here
Hautes-Alpes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice, Lyon or Grenoble airports. By car from the UK allow about 10 hours for the journey from Calais to here. For driving distances to Orcieres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Orcieres