Pontaix travel guide
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Visit Pontaix: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pontaix is situated in the Drome department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the south-east of France at 36 km from Valence, the department capital. (General information: Pontaix is 507 km from Paris and 735 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Crest at 19 km from Pontaix
Popular places to visit near Pontaix: these include Crest at 19 km and Provencal Drome at 30 km.
Cirque d'Archiane is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 19km and Crest is a listed 'recommended detour' at 19km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Pontaix, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pontaix
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pontaix.
Note that all distances from Pontaix shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pontaix holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pontaix (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 Rhone-Alpes and Drome 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 Pontaix and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc Jouvet (36km) : Jardin japonais (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mirmande (34km) : Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint-Apollinaire (Valence) (36km) : Abbatiale Sainte-Marie (Cruas) (41km) : Abbaye d'Aiguebelle (Montjoyer) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Montelier (28km) : Valence (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Crest (19km) : Nyons (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Pontaix & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pontaix
Canton: Die
Arrondissement: Die
Department: Drome
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 26150
Distance to Pontaix
from Valence: 36 km
from Paris: 507 km
from Calais: 735 km
from Nice: 198 km
from Bordeaux: 461 km
from Strasbourg: 466 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pontaix): Barsac, Eygluy-Escoulin, Marignac-en-Diois, Ponet-et-Saint-Auban, Saillans, Saint-Andeol, Sainte-Croix, Vacheres-en-Quint, Vercheny and Veronne.
Getting here
For driving distances to Pontaix from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pontaix