Tavel travel guide
Visit Tavel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Villeneuve-les-Avignon at 9 km from Tavel
Location: Tavel is situated in the Gard department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 33 km from Nimes, the department capital. (General information: Tavel is 568 km from Paris and 800 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Tavel: these include Villeneuve-les-Avignon at 9 km and Avignon at 11 km. Fort Saint-Andre is a listed national monument at 9 km and Villeneuve-les-Avignon is a listed secteur sauvegarde at 9 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Tavel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Tavel
See France This Way travel guides for Gard and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Tavel.
Note that all distances from Tavel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Tavel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Tavel
- Roquemaure: market every Tuesday (8km)
- Villeneuve-les-Avignon: market every Thursday (9km)
- Avignon: market every every day except Monday (12km)
- Aramon: market every Wednesday (13km)
- Sorgues: market every Sunday (13km)
- Remoulins: market every Friday (13km)
- Le Pontet: market every Thursday (14km)
- Orange: market every every day except Sunday (17km)
- Courthezon: market every Friday (17km)
- Vedene: market every Tuesday (17km)
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 Tavel and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Tavel map below.
Grand Site Of France Pont du Gard (15km); Aven d'Orgnac (40km); Camargue (49km)
Heritage Site Avignon Centre (11km); Pont du Gard (15km); Orange Roman Theatre (17km); Roman Arles (38km); Arles église St Honorat (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (38km); Saint-Gilles ancienne abbatialle (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (43km)
Most Beautiful Village La Roque-sur-Ceze (25km); Baux-de-Provence (31km); Seguret (34km); Aigueze (35km); Venasque (36km); Gordes (42km)
National Monument Fort Saint-Andre (9km); Glanum (27km); Montmajour Abbey (34km)
Recommended Detour Beaucaire (23km); Pernes-les-Fontaines (29km); Vaison-la-Romaine (39km); Nyons (52km)
Regional Natural Parc Alpilles (33km)
Religious Monument Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (11km); Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (23km); Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (33km); Abbaye Notre Dame de Montmajour (Arles) (34km); Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) (38km); Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (38km); Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (39km); Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (42km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin du château de Brantes (14km); Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (19km); Jarditrain (33km); Jardins de la Fontaine (33km); Jardin de l'Alchimiste (34km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Villeneuve-les-Avignon (9km); Avignon (12km); Uzes (23km); Beaucaire (23km); Nimes (33km); Arles (38km); Saint-Gilles (43km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Dentelles de Montmirail (34km)
Town Of Art And History Uzes (22km); Beaucaire (23km); Carpentras (28km); Nimes (33km); Arles (38km); Vaison-la-Romaine (39km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park La Ferme aux crocodiles (38km)
Map of places to visit near Tavel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tavel
Canton: Roquemaure
Arrondissement: Nîmes
Department: Gard
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 30126
Distance to Tavel
from Nimes (local prefecture): 33 km
from Paris: 568 km
from Calais: 800 km
from Nice: 209 km
from Bordeaux: 429 km
from Strasbourg: 560 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Tavel): Les Angles, Lirac, Rochefort-du-Gard, Saint-Genies-de-Comolas, Saint-Laurent-Des-Arbres and Saint-Victor-la-Coste.
Getting here
For driving distances to Tavel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Tavel