Saint-Genis travel guide
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Visit Saint-Genis: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Genis is situated in the Hautes-Alpes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 31 km from Gap, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Genis is 562 km from Paris and 787 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sisteron at 25 km from Saint-Genis
Popular places to visit near Saint-Genis: these include Sisteron at 25 km and Montbrun-les-Bains at 35 km.
Sisteron is a listed 'recommended detour' at 25km and Domaine de Charance is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 31km. 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 Saint-Genis, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Genis
See France This Way travel guides for Hautes-Alpes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Genis.
Note that all distances from Saint-Genis shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Genis holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Genis (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 Saint-Genis and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine de Charance (31km) : Jardins du château de Sauvan (49km) : Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poligny (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sisteron (25km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Genis & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Genis
Canton: Serres
Arrondissement: Gap
Department: Hautes-Alpes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 05300
Distance to Saint-Genis
from Gap: 31 km
from Paris: 562 km
from Calais: 787 km
from Nice: 142 km
from Bordeaux: 505 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 Saint-Genis): Eyguians, Lagrand, Lazer, Le Bersac, Mereuil, Montrond, Saleon, Savournon, Serres and Trescleoux.
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 Saint-Genis from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Genis