Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas travel guide
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Visit Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas is situated in the Hautes-Alpes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 17 km from Gap, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas is 551 km from Paris and 771 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Embrun at 24 km from Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas
Popular places to visit near Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas: these include Embrun at 24 km and Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette at 28 km.
Poligny is a listed 'town of art and history' at 15km and Domaine de Charance is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 17km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas
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-Jean-Saint-Nicolas.
Note that all distances from Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas (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-Jean-Saint-Nicolas and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine de Charance (17km) : Jardin alpin du Lautaret (43km) :
- National Monuments: Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin (31km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Grave (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poligny (15km) : Briancon (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (30km) :
- Grand Site of France: Vallee de la Claree (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas
Canton: Orcières
Arrondissement: Gap
Department: Hautes-Alpes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 05260
Distance to Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas
from Gap: 17 km
from Paris: 551 km
from Calais: 771 km
from Nice: 136 km
from Bordeaux: 537 km
from Strasbourg: 451 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas): Ancelle, Chabottes, Champoleon, Saint-Leger-les-Melezes and Saint-Michel-de-Chaillol.
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-Jean-Saint-Nicolas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas