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Visit Valence: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Valence is situated in the Drome department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the south-east of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Drome department. (General information: Valence is 477 km from Paris and 706 km from the port at Calais).

For a detailed travel guide see Valence (page also includes a photo gallery for Valence)

Popular places to visit near Valence: these include Tournon-sur-Rhone at 16 km and Tain-l'Hermitage at 16 km.

Jardin japonais is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Montelier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Valence: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*;

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Valence, France

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

photo of Crest
Crest 25km
photo of Privas
Privas 32km

See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Valence.

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

Valence holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Valence (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 Rhone-Alpes and Drome 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 Valence and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin japonais (10km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Mirmande (26km) : Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (37km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Abbatiale Sainte-Marie (Cruas) (32km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Montelier (11km) :
  5. Recommended Detour Town: Crest (25km) :

Map of places to visit near Valence & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Valence

Canton: Valence

Arrondissement: Valence

Department: Drome

Region: Rhone-Alpes

Postcode: 26000

Distance to Valence

from Valence: 0 km

from Paris: 477 km

from Calais: 706 km

from Nice: 233 km

from Bordeaux: 431 km

from Strasbourg: 461 km

* distances are direct not by road!

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

More information

We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Valence): Bourg-les-Valence, Cornas, Guilherand-Granges, Malissard, Saint-Marcel-les-Valence, Saint-Peray, Soyons and Toulaud.

Getting here

For driving distances to Valence from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Valence