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Vacqueyras travel guide

Visit Vacqueyras: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Vacqueyras is situated in the Vaucluse department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 25 km from Avignon, the department capital. (General information: Vacqueyras is 562 km from Paris and 793 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Seguret at 8 km from Vacqueyras

Popular places to visit near Vacqueyras: these include Seguret at 8 km and Dentelles de Montmirail at 8 km.

Dentelles de Montmirail is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 8km and Seguret is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 8km. 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 Vacqueyras, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vacqueyras

See France This Way travel guides for Vaucluse and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vacqueyras.

Note that all distances from Vacqueyras shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

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 Vacqueyras and wondering what to do next!

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Brantes (17km) : Jarditrain (18km) : Jardin des herbes (34km) : Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (36km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (42km) : Jardin de la Louve (43km) :
2. National Monuments: Fort Saint-Andre (24km) : Glanum (41km) :
3. Beautiful Villages: Seguret (8km) : Venasque (20km) : Gordes (30km) : Roussillon (36km) : Menerbes (38km) : La Roque-sur-Ceze (38km) : Aigueze (39km) : Baux-de-Provence (46km) :
4. Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (14km) : Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (25km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (26km) : Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (29km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (La Garde-Adhemar) (34km) : Abbaye d'Aiguebelle (Montjoyer) (39km) : Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (47km) :
5. Heritage Sites: Orange Roman Theatre (14km) : Avignon Centre (25km) : Pont du Gard (42km) :
6. Towns of Art and History: Carpentras (11km) : Vaison-la-Romaine (14km) : Beaucaire (46km) : Uzes (47km) :
7. Recommended Detour Town: Pernes-les-Fontaines (17km) : Nyons (28km) : Apt (44km) :
8. Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (24km) : Aven d'Orgnac (49km) :

Map of places to visit near Vacqueyras & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Vacqueyras

Canton: Beaumes-de-Venise

Arrondissement: Carpentras

Department: Vaucluse

Region: Provence

Postcode: 84190

Distance to Vacqueyras

from Avignon: 25 km

from Paris: 562 km

from Calais: 793 km

from Nice: 189 km

from Bordeaux: 448 km

from Strasbourg: 538 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vacqueyras): Aubignan, Beaumes-de-Venise, Dentelles de Montmirail, Gigondas, Lafare and Violes.

Getting here

Vaucluse is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - coming by car to the region takes about 10 hours from the cross-channel ferry ports. For driving distances to Vacqueyras from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Vacqueyras