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Visit Privas: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Privas is situated in the Ardeche department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the southern-centre of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Ardeche department. (General information: Privas is 489 km from Paris and 721 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Privas
Popular places to visit near Privas: these include Antraigues-sur-Volane at 19 km and Mirmande at 19 km.
Abbatiale Sainte-Marie (Cruas) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km and Mirmande is a listed 'most beautiful village' 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 Privas, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Privas
See France This Way travel guides for Ardeche and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Privas.
Note that all distances from Privas shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Privas holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Privas (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 Ardeche 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 Privas and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc Jouvet (32km) : Jardin des herbes (40km) : Jardin japonais (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mirmande (19km) : Vogue (25km) : Balazuc (31km) : Aigueze (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale Sainte-Marie (Cruas) (15km) : Cathédrale Saint-Apollinaire (Valence) (32km) : Abbaye d'Aiguebelle (Montjoyer) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (La Garde-Adhemar) (40km) : Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Valence (32km) : Montelier (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Vals-les-Bains (20km) : Crest (34km) :
- Grand Site of France: Gorges du Gardon (35km) : Gorges de l'Ardeche (41km) : Aven d'Orgnac (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Privas & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Privas
Canton: Privas
Arrondissement: Privas
Department: Ardeche
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 07000
Distance to Privas
from Privas: 0 km
from Paris: 489 km
from Calais: 721 km
from Nice: 242 km
from Bordeaux: 408 km
from Strasbourg: 491 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 Privas): Alissas, Chomerac, Coux, Creysseilles, Flaviac, Freyssenet, Lyas, Pranles, Saint-Priest and Veyras.
Getting here
For driving distances to Privas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Privas