Pelvoux travel guide
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Visit Pelvoux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pelvoux is situated in the Hautes-Alpes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 47 km from Gap, the department capital. (General information: Pelvoux is 544 km from Paris and 759 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in L'Argentiere-la-Bessee at 10 km from Pelvoux
Popular places to visit near Pelvoux: these include L'Argentiere-la-Bessee at 10 km and Ecrins National Park at 12 km.
L'Argentiere-la-Bessee is a listed 'recommended detour' at 10km and Briancon is a listed 'town of art and history' at 12km. 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 Pelvoux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pelvoux
See France This Way travel guides for Hautes-Alpes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pelvoux.
Note that all distances from Pelvoux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pelvoux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pelvoux (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 Pelvoux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin alpin du Lautaret (23km) : Domaine de Charance (47km) :
- National Monuments: Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin (24km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Grave (25km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Briancon (12km) : Poligny (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (10km) : Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Vallee de la Claree (18km) :
Map of places to visit near Pelvoux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pelvoux
Canton: Argentière-la-Bessée
Arrondissement: Briançon
Department: Hautes-Alpes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 05340
Distance to Pelvoux
from Gap: 47 km
from Paris: 544 km
from Calais: 759 km
from Nice: 143 km
from Bordeaux: 557 km
from Strasbourg: 424 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pelvoux): Les Vigneaux, Puy-Saint-Vincent and Vallouise.
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 Pelvoux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pelvoux