Toulon travel guide
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Visit Toulon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Toulon is situated in the Var department (Provence region) in the south-east of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Var department. (General information: Toulon is 694 km from Paris and 923 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Toulon
Popular places to visit near Toulon: these include Sanary-sur-Mer at 10 km and Bandol at 15 km.
Jardin de Baudouvin is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km and Domaine d'Orvès is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Toulon: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Toulon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Toulon
See France This Way travel guides for Var and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Toulon.
Note that all distances from Toulon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Toulon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Toulon (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 Var 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 Toulon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de Baudouvin (5km) : Domaine d'Orvès (5km) : Jardin du castel Sainte Claire (16km) : Parc Saint Bernard (16km) : Le Plantier de Costebelle (16km) : Parc Olbius Riquier (16km) : Jardin d’Elie Alexis (24km) : Jardin d’oiseaux tropicaux (25km) : Parc municipal du Mugel (27km) : Domaine du Rayol (45km) :
- National Monuments: Thoronet Abbey (46km) : Chateau d'If (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Thoronet (Le Thoronet) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Sanary-sur-Mer (11km) : Hyeres (16km) : Bormes-les-Mimosas (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Marseille (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ollioules (7km) : Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer (19km) :
Map of places to visit near Toulon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Toulon
Canton: Toulon
Arrondissement: Toulon
Department: Var
Region: Provence
Postcode: 83000
Distance to Toulon
from Toulon: 0 km
from Paris: 694 km
from Calais: 923 km
from Nice: 126 km
from Bordeaux: 554 km
from Strasbourg: 623 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 Toulon): La Seyne-sur-Mer, La Valette-du-Var, Le Revest-les-Eaux and Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer.
Getting here
Var is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into the airports at Nice or Toulon. To drive from the channel ports allow about 11 hours driving time. For driving distances to Toulon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Toulon