Valence travel guide
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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
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!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin japonais (10km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mirmande (26km) : Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale Sainte-Marie (Cruas) (32km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Montelier (11km) :
- 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