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Visit Quinson: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Quinson is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 46 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: Quinson is 639 km from Paris and 865 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Riez at 14 km from Quinson
Popular places to visit near Quinson: these include Riez at 14 km and Greoux-les-Bains at 14 km.
Lac de Sainte-Croix is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 14km and Clos de Villeneuve is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km. 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 Quinson, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Quinson
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 Quinson.
Note that all distances from Quinson shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Quinson holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Quinson (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 Quinson and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Clos de Villeneuve (16km) : Jardins du château de Sauvan (34km) : Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (34km) : Jardin d’Elie Alexis (40km) : Jardin du château de Val Joanis (43km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (49km) :
- National Monuments: Thoronet Abbey (32km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Moustiers (22km) : Tourtour (25km) : Ansouis (46km) : Seillans (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) (35km) : Abbaye du Thoronet (Le Thoronet) (35km) :
- Grand Site of France: Gorges du Verdon (27km) : Montagne Sainte-Victoire (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Quinson & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Quinson
Canton: Riez
Arrondissement: Digne-les-Bains
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 04500
Distance to Quinson
from Digne-les-Bains: 46 km
from Paris: 639 km
from Calais: 865 km
from Nice: 99 km
from Bordeaux: 541 km
from Strasbourg: 559 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Quinson): Artignosc-sur-Verdon, Esparron-de-Verdon and Saint-Laurent-du-Verdon.
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 Quinson from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Quinson