Val-Des-Pres travel guide
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Visit Val-Des-Pres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Val-Des-Pres is situated in the Hautes-Alpes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 64 km from Gap, the department capital. (General information: Val-Des-Pres is 545 km from Paris and 757 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Serre Chevalier at 4 km from Val-Des-Pres
Popular places to visit near Val-Des-Pres: these include Serre Chevalier at 4 km and Briancon at 6 km.
Vallee de la Claree is a listed 'grand site of france' at 3km and Briancon is a listed 'town of art and history' at 6km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Val-Des-Pres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Val-Des-Pres
See France This Way travel guides for Hautes-Alpes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Val-Des-Pres.
Note that all distances from Val-Des-Pres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Val-Des-Pres holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Val-Des-Pres (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 Hautes-Alpes 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 Val-Des-Pres and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin alpin du Lautaret (29km) :
- National Monuments: Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin (31km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Grave (31km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Briancon (6km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (19km) : Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (44km) :
- Grand Site of France: Vallee de la Claree (3km) :
Map of places to visit near Val-Des-Pres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Val-des-Prés
Canton: Briançon-Nord
Arrondissement: Briançon
Department: Hautes-Alpes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 05100
Distance to Val-Des-Pres
from Gap: 64 km
from Paris: 545 km
from Calais: 757 km
from Nice: 146 km
from Bordeaux: 571 km
from Strasbourg: 412 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 Val-Des-Pres): Briancon, Montgenevre, Saint-Chaffrey and Serre Chevalier.
Getting here
Hautes-Alpes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice, Lyon or Grenoble airports. By car from the UK allow about 10 hours for the journey from Calais to here. For driving distances to Val-Des-Pres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Val-Des-Pres