Pontis travel guide
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Visit Pontis: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pontis is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 47 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: Pontis is 572 km from Paris and 792 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Embrun at 13 km from Pontis
Popular places to visit near Pontis: these include Embrun at 13 km and Seyne-les-Alpes at 17 km.
Lac de Serre-Poncon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 2km and Domaine de Charance is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 25km. 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 Pontis, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pontis
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pontis.
Note that all distances from Pontis shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pontis holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pontis (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 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 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 Pontis and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine de Charance (25km) :
- National Monuments: Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin (28km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poligny (32km) : Briancon (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (36km) : Sisteron (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Pontis & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pontis
Canton: Lauzet-Ubaye
Arrondissement: Barcelonnette
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 05160
Distance to Pontis
from Digne-les-Bains: 47 km
from Paris: 572 km
from Calais: 792 km
from Nice: 115 km
from Bordeaux: 549 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 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pontis): La Breole, Le Sauze-du-Lac, Prunieres, Saint-Apollinaire and Savines-le-Lac.
Getting here
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - by car from Calais the drive takes about 11 hours. For driving distances to Pontis from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pontis