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Visit Sospel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sospel is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 24 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Sospel is 678 km from Paris and 891 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Sospel (page also includes a photo gallery for Sospel)
Popular places to visit near Sospel: these include Breil-sur-Roya at 8 km and Peille at 9 km.
Sainte-Agnes is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 9km and La citronneraie is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Sospel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sospel
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sospel.
Note that all distances from Sospel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sospel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sospel (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-Maritimes 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 Sospel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La citronneraie (12km) : Palais Carnolès (12km) : Serre de la Madone (12km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (22km) : Jardin botanique (24km) : Le Vallon du Brec (34km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (37km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (42km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (49km) :
- National Monuments: Saorge Monastery (15km) : Trophy of Augustus (15km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Sainte-Agnes (9km) : Coaraze (12km) : Gourdon (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Menton (12km) : Nice (24km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Sospel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sospel
Canton: Sospel
Arrondissement: Nice
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06380
Distance to Sospel
from Nice: 24 km
from Paris: 678 km
from Calais: 891 km
from Nice: 24 km
from Bordeaux: 647 km
from Strasbourg: 524 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sospel): Castillon.
Getting here
Alpes-Maritimes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice airport. Coming from the UK by car the route takes about 12 hours (can be busy in summer). For driving distances to Sospel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sospel