Venasque travel guide
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Visit Venasque: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Venasque is situated in the Vaucluse department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 27 km from Avignon, the department capital. (General information: Venasque is 581 km from Paris and 812 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Venasque
Popular places to visit near Venasque: these include Le Beaucet at 2 km and Pernes-les-Fontaines at 7 km.
Jarditrain is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 3km and Pernes-les-Fontaines is a listed 'recommended detour' at 7km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Venasque: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Venasque, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Venasque
See France This Way travel guides for Vaucluse and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Venasque.
Note that all distances from Venasque shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Venasque holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Venasque (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 Vaucluse 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 Venasque and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jarditrain (3km) : Jardin du château de Brantes (22km) : Jardin de la Louve (23km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (30km) : Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (34km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (34km) : Jardin du château de Val Joanis (44km) :
- National Monuments: Fort Saint-Andre (28km) : Glanum (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Gordes (10km) : Roussillon (16km) : Menerbes (19km) : Seguret (25km) : Lourmarin (31km) : Ansouis (38km) : Baux-de-Provence (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (10km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (10km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (28km) : Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (28km) : Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (34km) :
- Heritage Sites: Avignon Centre (28km) : Orange Roman Theatre (31km) : Pont du Gard (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Carpentras (10km) : Vaison-la-Romaine (28km) : Beaucaire (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pernes-les-Fontaines (7km) : Apt (24km) : Nyons (41km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Venasque & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Venasque
Canton: Pernes-les-Fontaines
Arrondissement: Carpentras
Department: Vaucluse
Region: Provence
Postcode: 84210
Distance to Venasque
from Avignon: 27 km
from Paris: 581 km
from Calais: 812 km
from Nice: 173 km
from Bordeaux: 464 km
from Strasbourg: 548 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Venasque): Blauvac, La Roque-sur-Pernes, Le Beaucet, Malemort-du-Comtat, Methamis and Saint-Didier.
Getting here
Vaucluse is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - coming by car to the region takes about 10 hours from the cross-channel ferry ports. For driving distances to Venasque from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Venasque