Pontavert travel guide
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Visit Pontavert: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pontavert is situated in the Aisne department (Picardy region) in the north of France at 22 km from Laon, the department capital. (General information: Pontavert is 123 km from Paris and 221 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Laon at 22 km from Pontavert
Popular places to visit near Pontavert: these include Laon at 22 km and Reims at 23 km.
Laon is a listed 'town of art and history' at 22km and Towers of Reims Cathedral is a listed 'national monument' at 23km. 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 Pontavert, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pontavert
See France This Way travel guides for Aisne and Picardy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pontavert.
Note that all distances from Pontavert shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pontavert holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pontavert (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 Picardy and Aisne 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 Pontavert and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin botanique de la Presle (32km) : Jardin de Bosmont-sur-Serre (36km) :
- National Monuments: Towers of Reims Cathedral (23km) : Tau Palace (23km) : Chateau Coucy (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Parfondeval (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Reims (Reims) (23km) : Eglise de Berzy-le-Sec (Berzy-le-sec) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Reims (23km) : Chamery (28km) : Vivaise (30km) : Ebouleau (30km) : Rilly-la-Montagne (32km) : Baconnes (47km) : Mourmelon-le-Grand (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Reims Cathedral, Abbey and Palace (23km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Laon (22km) : Soissons (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Pontavert & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pontavert
Canton: Neufchâtel-sur-Aisne
Arrondissement: Laon
Department: Aisne
Region: Picardy
Postcode: 02160
Distance to Pontavert
from Laon: 22 km
from Paris: 123 km
from Calais: 221 km
from Nice: 687 km
from Bordeaux: 607 km
from Strasbourg: 301 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pontavert): Beaurieux, Berry-Au-Bac, Bouffignereux, Chaudardes, Concevreux, Cormicy, Craonne, Craonnelle, Cuiry-les-Chaudardes, Gernicourt, Guyencourt, Juvincourt-et-Damary, La Ville-Aux-Bois-les-Pontavert, Meurival, Muscourt, Oulches-la-Vallee-Foulon and Roucy.
Getting here
For driving distances to Pontavert from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pontavert