Vars travel guide
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Visit Vars: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vars is situated in the Hautes-Alpes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 48 km from Gap, the department capital. (General information: Vars is 576 km from Paris and 791 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Embrun at 16 km from Vars
Popular places to visit near Vars: these include Embrun at 16 km and L'Argentiere-la-Bessee at 23 km.
Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin is a listed 'national monument' at 8km and Queyras is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Vars: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Vars, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vars
See France This Way travel guides for Hautes-Alpes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vars.
Note that all distances from Vars shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vars holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vars (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 Vars and wondering what to do next!
- National Monuments: Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin (8km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Briancon (32km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (23km) :
- Grand Site of France: Vallee de la Claree (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Vars & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vars
Canton: Guillestre
Arrondissement: Briançon
Department: Hautes-Alpes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 05560
Distance to Vars
from Gap: 48 km
from Paris: 576 km
from Calais: 791 km
from Nice: 111 km
from Bordeaux: 574 km
from Strasbourg: 449 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vars): Guillestre and Risoul.
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 Vars from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vars