Ponteves travel guide
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Visit Ponteves: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ponteves is situated in the Var department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 48 km from Toulon, the department capital. (General information: Ponteves is 654 km from Paris and 880 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Barjols at 2 km from Ponteves
Popular places to visit near Ponteves: these include Barjols at 2 km and Salernes at 16 km.
Thoronet Abbey is a listed 'national monument' at 21km and Tourtour is a listed 'most beautiful village' 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 Ponteves, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ponteves
See France This Way travel guides for Var and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ponteves.
Note that all distances from Ponteves shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ponteves holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ponteves (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 Var 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 Ponteves and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin d’Elie Alexis (24km) : Clos de Villeneuve (32km) : Jardin du château de Val Joanis (45km) : Domaine d'Orvès (46km) : Jardin de Baudouvin (46km) : Jardins du château de Sauvan (48km) : Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (48km) : Parc Olbius Riquier (49km) : Jardin d’oiseaux tropicaux (49km) : Parc Saint Bernard (49km) :
- National Monuments: Thoronet Abbey (21km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Tourtour (22km) : Moustiers (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Thoronet (Le Thoronet) (25km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Hyeres (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer (49km) : Ollioules (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Montagne Sainte-Victoire (31km) : Gorges du Verdon (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Ponteves & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pontevès
Canton: Barjols
Arrondissement: Brignoles
Department: Var
Region: Provence
Postcode: 83670
Distance to Ponteves
from Toulon: 48 km
from Paris: 654 km
from Calais: 880 km
from Nice: 101 km
from Bordeaux: 546 km
from Strasbourg: 575 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ponteves): Barjols, Fox-Amphoux, Tavernes and Varages.
Getting here
Var is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into the airports at Nice or Toulon. To drive from the channel ports allow about 11 hours driving time. For driving distances to Ponteves from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ponteves