Sisteron travel guide
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Visit Sisteron: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sisteron is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 26 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: Sisteron is 587 km from Paris and 811 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Sisteron
Popular places to visit near Sisteron: these include Lurs at 25 km and Digne-les-Bains at 26 km.
Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) is a listed 'religious monument' at 22km and Jardins du château de Sauvan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 32km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Sisteron: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Sisteron, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sisteron
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 Sisteron.
Note that all distances from Sisteron shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sisteron holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sisteron (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 Sisteron and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Sauvan (32km) : Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (32km) : Clos de Villeneuve (40km) : Domaine de Charance (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Moustiers (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Sisteron & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sisteron
Canton: Sisteron
Arrondissement: Forcalquier
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 04200
Distance to Sisteron
from Digne-les-Bains: 26 km
from Paris: 587 km
from Calais: 811 km
from Nice: 119 km
from Bordeaux: 522 km
from Strasbourg: 507 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 Sisteron): Bevons, Entrepierres, Salignac, Sourribes and Valbelle.
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 Sisteron from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sisteron