Valernes travel guide
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Visit Valernes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Valernes is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 29 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: Valernes is 580 km from Paris and 804 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sisteron at 8 km from Valernes
Popular places to visit near Valernes: these include Sisteron at 8 km and Digne-les-Bains at 29 km.
Sisteron is a listed 'recommended detour' at 8km and Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) is a listed 'religious monument' at 30km. 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 Valernes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Valernes
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 Valernes.
Note that all distances from Valernes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Valernes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Valernes (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 Valernes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine de Charance (36km) : Jardins du château de Sauvan (39km) : Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (39km) : Clos de Villeneuve (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) (30km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poligny (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sisteron (8km) :
Map of places to visit near Valernes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Valernes
Canton: Motte-du-Caire
Arrondissement: Forcalquier
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 04200
Distance to Valernes
from Digne-les-Bains: 29 km
from Paris: 580 km
from Calais: 804 km
from Nice: 122 km
from Bordeaux: 522 km
from Strasbourg: 500 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 Valernes): Chateaufort, Le Poet, Nibles and Vaumeilh.
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 Valernes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Valernes