Sommieres travel guide
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Visit Sommieres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sommieres is situated in the Gard department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 23 km from Nimes, the department capital. (General information: Sommieres is 580 km from Paris and 814 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Les Matelles at 23 km from Sommieres
Popular places to visit near Sommieres: these include Les Matelles at 23 km and Nimes at 23 km.
Jardins de la Fontaine is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 23km and Nimes is a listed 'town of art and history' at 23km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Sommieres: Sommieres has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Sommieres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sommieres
See France This Way travel guides for Gard and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sommieres.
Note that all distances from Sommieres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sommieres holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sommieres (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 Languedoc-Roussillon and Gard 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 Sommieres and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Fontaine (23km) : Parc et jardins du château de Flaugergues (23km) : Bambouseraie de Prafrance (34km) : Jardin des Sambucs (43km) :
- National Monuments: Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Mortes (25km) : Montmajour Abbey (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles) (30km) : Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (37km) : Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ales (38km) :
- Heritage Sites: Pont du Gard (40km) : Roman Arles (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Nimes (23km) : Uzes (37km) : Beaucaire (45km) : Arles (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (46km) :
- Grand Site of France: Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert / Gorges de l'Herault (43km) : Cirque de Navacelles (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Sommieres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sommières
Canton: Sommières
Arrondissement: Nîmes
Department: Gard
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 30250
Distance to Sommieres
from Nimes: 23 km
from Paris: 580 km
from Calais: 814 km
from Nice: 256 km
from Bordeaux: 389 km
from Strasbourg: 604 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 21 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sommieres): Asperes, Aubais, Aujargues, Beaulieu, Boisseron, Campagne, Congenies, Fontanes, Galargues, Garrigues, Junas, Lecques, Saint-Christol, Saint-Clement, Saint-Hilaire-de-Beauvoir, Saint-Series, Salinelles, Saussines, Souvignargues, Villetelle and Villevieille.
Getting here
For driving distances to Sommieres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sommieres