Vence travel guide
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Visit Vence: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vence is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 13 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Vence is 678 km from Paris and 895 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Vence (page also includes a photo gallery for Vence)
Popular places to visit near Vence: these include Saint-Paul-de-Vence at 3 km and Tourrettes-sur-Loup at 4 km.
Baou de Saint-Jeannet is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 4km and Le Vallon du Brec is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Vence: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Vence, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vence
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vence.
Note that all distances from Vence shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vence holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vence (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-Maritimes 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 Vence and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le Vallon du Brec (10km) : Jardin botanique (12km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (16km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (17km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (18km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (26km) : Palais Carnolès (32km) : Serre de la Madone (32km) : La citronneraie (32km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (41km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (23km) : Frejus Cathedral cloisters (44km) : Saorge Monastery (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Gourdon (11km) : Coaraze (22km) : Sainte-Agnes (29km) : Seillans (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (21km) : Eglise de St Raphaël (Saint-Raphael) (43km) : Cathédrale Saint Léonce (Frejus) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nice (13km) : Cannes (21km) : Menton (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (17km) : Frejus (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Vence & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vence
Canton: Vence
Arrondissement: Grasse
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06140
Distance to Vence
from Nice: 13 km
from Paris: 678 km
from Calais: 895 km
from Nice: 13 km
from Bordeaux: 624 km
from Strasbourg: 543 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vence): Gattieres, La Colle-sur-Loup, La Gaude, Saint-Jeannet, Saint-Paul, Saint-Paul-de-Vence and Tourrettes-sur-Loup.
Getting here
Alpes-Maritimes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice airport. Coming from the UK by car the route takes about 12 hours (can be busy in summer). For driving distances to Vence from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vence