Risoul travel guide
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Visit Risoul: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Risoul is situated in the Hautes-Alpes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 46 km from Gap, the department capital. (General information: Risoul is 570 km from Paris and 786 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Embrun at 15 km from Risoul
Popular places to visit near Risoul: these include Embrun at 15 km and L'Argentiere-la-Bessee at 17 km.
Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin is a listed 'national monument' at 3km and L'Argentiere-la-Bessee is a listed 'recommended detour' at 17km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Risoul: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Risoul, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Risoul
See France This Way travel guides for Hautes-Alpes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Risoul.
Note that all distances from Risoul shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Risoul holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Risoul (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 Hautes-Alpes 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 Risoul and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine de Charance (47km) :
- National Monuments: Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin (3km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Briancon (28km) : Poligny (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (17km) :
- Grand Site of France: Vallee de la Claree (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Risoul & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Risoul
Canton: Guillestre
Arrondissement: Briançon
Department: Hautes-Alpes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 05600
Distance to Risoul
from Gap: 46 km
from Paris: 570 km
from Calais: 786 km
from Nice: 117 km
from Bordeaux: 570 km
from Strasbourg: 446 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Risoul): Eygliers, Guillestre, Mont-Dauphin, Reotier, Saint-Clement-sur-Durance and Vars.
Getting here
Hautes-Alpes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice, Lyon or Grenoble airports. By car from the UK allow about 10 hours for the journey from Calais to here. For driving distances to Risoul from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Risoul