Valensole travel guide
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Visit Valensole: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Valensole is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 35 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: Valensole is 624 km from Paris and 849 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Valensole
Popular places to visit near Valensole: these include Riez at 9 km and Greoux-les-Bains at 12 km.
Lac de Sainte-Croix is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 18km and Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) is a listed 'religious monument' at 19km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Valensole: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Valensole, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Valensole
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Valensole.
Note that all distances from Valensole shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Valensole holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Valensole (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 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 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 Valensole and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (21km) : Jardins du château de Sauvan (21km) : Jardin du château de Val Joanis (42km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (44km) :
- National Monuments: Thoronet Abbey (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Moustiers (19km) : Tourtour (37km) : Ansouis (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) (19km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sisteron (39km) : Apt (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Gorges du Verdon (32km) : Montagne Sainte-Victoire (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Valensole & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Valensole
Canton: Valensole
Arrondissement: Digne-les-Bains
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 04210
Distance to Valensole
from Digne-les-Bains: 35 km
from Paris: 624 km
from Calais: 849 km
from Nice: 104 km
from Bordeaux: 533 km
from Strasbourg: 545 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Getting here
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - by car from Calais the drive takes about 11 hours. For driving distances to Valensole from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Valensole