Vaison-la-Romaine travel guide
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Visit Vaison-la-Romaine: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vaison-la-Romaine is situated in the Vaucluse department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 39 km from Avignon, the department capital. (General information: Vaison-la-Romaine is 554 km from Paris and 784 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Vaison-la-Romaine (page also includes a photo gallery for Vaison-la-Romaine)
Popular places to visit near Vaison-la-Romaine: these include Vaison-la-Romaine at 1 km and Seguret at 5 km.
Vaison-la-Romaine is a listed 'town of art and history' at 1km and Seguret is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 5km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Vaison-la-Romaine: 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Vaison-la-Romaine, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vaison-la-Romaine
See France This Way travel guides for Vaucluse and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vaison-la-Romaine.
Note that all distances from Vaison-la-Romaine shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vaison-la-Romaine holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vaison-la-Romaine (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 Vaucluse 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 Vaison-la-Romaine and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jarditrain (26km) : Jardin du château de Brantes (30km) : Jardin des herbes (30km) : Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (49km) :
- National Monuments: Fort Saint-Andre (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Seguret (5km) : Venasque (28km) : Gordes (38km) : Aigueze (41km) : Roussillon (42km) : La Roque-sur-Ceze (44km) : Menerbes (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (La Garde-Adhemar) (30km) : Abbaye d'Aiguebelle (Montjoyer) (31km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (36km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (38km) : Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (39km) :
- Heritage Sites: Orange Roman Theatre (24km) : Avignon Centre (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vaison-la-Romaine (1km) : Carpentras (21km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nyons (14km) : Pernes-les-Fontaines (27km) : Apt (48km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (18km) :
Map of places to visit near Vaison-la-Romaine & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vaison-la-Romaine
Canton: Vaison-la-Romaine
Arrondissement: Carpentras
Department: Vaucluse
Region: Provence
Postcode: 84110
Distance to Vaison-la-Romaine
from Avignon: 39 km
from Paris: 554 km
from Calais: 784 km
from Nice: 186 km
from Bordeaux: 452 km
from Strasbourg: 525 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vaison-la-Romaine): Buisson, Crestet, Entrechaux, Puymeras, Roaix, Sablet, Saint-Romain-en-Viennois, Seguret and Villedieu.
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 Vaison-la-Romaine from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vaison-la-Romaine