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Visit Rigaud: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Rigaud is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 39 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Rigaud is 647 km from Paris and 864 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Entrevaux at 15 km from Rigaud
Popular places to visit near Rigaud: these include Entrevaux at 15 km and Mercantour National Park at 21 km.
Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km and Le Vallon du Brec is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 22km. 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 Rigaud, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Rigaud
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Rigaud.
Note that all distances from Rigaud shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rigaud holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Rigaud (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-Maritimes 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 Rigaud and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (14km) : Le Vallon du Brec (22km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (37km) : Jardin botanique (39km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (42km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (47km) : Palais Carnolès (47km) : Serre de la Madone (47km) : La citronneraie (47km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (43km) : Saorge Monastery (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coaraze (28km) : Gourdon (30km) : Sainte-Agnes (43km) : Seillans (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nice (39km) : Menton (48km) : Cannes (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Rigaud & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rigaud
Canton: Puget-Théniers
Arrondissement: Nice
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06260
Distance to Rigaud
from Nice: 39 km
from Paris: 647 km
from Calais: 864 km
from Nice: 39 km
from Bordeaux: 608 km
from Strasbourg: 514 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Rigaud): Lieuche, Pierlas, Puget-Rostang, Thiery and Touet-sur-Var.
Getting here
Alpes-Maritimes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice airport. Coming from the UK by car the route takes about 12 hours (can be busy in summer). For driving distances to Rigaud from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rigaud