Tarascon travel guide
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Visit Tarascon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Tarascon is situated in the Bouches-du-Rhone department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 81 km from Marseille, the department capital. (General information: Tarascon is 589 km from Paris and 822 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Tarascon (page also includes a photo gallery for Tarascon)
Popular places to visit near Tarascon: these include Beaucaire at 2 km and Fontvieille at 9 km.
Beaucaire is a listed 'town of art and history' at 2km and Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km. 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 Tarascon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Tarascon
See France This Way travel guides for Bouches-du-Rhone and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Tarascon.
Note that all distances from Tarascon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Tarascon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Tarascon (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 Bouches-du-Rhone 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 Tarascon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (10km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (24km) : Jardins de la Fontaine (24km) : Jardin du château de Brantes (28km) : Jarditrain (42km) :
- National Monuments: Montmajour Abbey (14km) : Glanum (14km) : Fort Saint-Andre (21km) : Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Mortes (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Baux-de-Provence (13km) : Menerbes (44km) : Venasque (44km) : Gordes (45km) : La Roque-sur-Ceze (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) (14km) : Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (20km) : Abbaye de Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles) (23km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Montmajour (Arles) (28km) : Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (30km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (36km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Istres (42km) :
- Heritage Sites: Roman Arles (14km) : Pont du Gard (19km) : Avignon Centre (20km) : Orange Roman Theatre (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Beaucaire (2km) : Arles (14km) : Nimes (24km) : Uzes (30km) : Carpentras (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pernes-les-Fontaines (39km) : Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Tarascon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tarascon
Canton: Tarascon
Arrondissement: Arles
Department: Bouches-du-Rhone
Region: Provence
Postcode: 13150
Distance to Tarascon
from Marseille: 81 km
from Paris: 589 km
from Calais: 822 km
from Nice: 210 km
from Bordeaux: 432 km
from Strasbourg: 582 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Tarascon): Beaucaire, Comps, Saint-Etienne-du-Gres and Vallabregues.
Getting here
Bouches-du-Rhone is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into the airport at Marseille or drive from the UK with a journey time of around 10-11 hours. For driving distances to Tarascon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Tarascon