Venelles travel guide
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Visit Venelles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Venelles is situated in the Bouches-du-Rhone department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 35 km from Marseille, the department capital. (General information: Venelles is 632 km from Paris and 862 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Aix-en-Provence at 9 km from Venelles
Popular places to visit near Venelles: these include Aix-en-Provence at 9 km and Ansouis at 16 km.
Jardin du château de Val Joanis is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Jardin d'Eguilles is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Venelles: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Venelles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Venelles
See France This Way travel guides for Bouches-du-Rhone and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Venelles.
Note that all distances from Venelles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Venelles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Venelles (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 Bouches-du-Rhone 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 Venelles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Val Joanis (11km) : Jardin d'Eguilles (11km) : Jardin d'Albertas (17km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (20km) : Jardin de la Louve (29km) : Parc du 26e Centenaire (36km) : Parc Longchamp (39km) : Jardin de la Magalone (39km) : Parc Borély (39km) : Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (44km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'If (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Ansouis (16km) : Lourmarin (21km) : Menerbes (34km) : Roussillon (37km) : Gordes (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (19km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (42km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Istres (41km) : Martigues (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Marseille (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Apt (32km) :
- Grand Site of France: Montagne Sainte-Victoire (15km) :
Map of places to visit near Venelles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Venelles
Canton: Aix-en-Provence-Nord-Est
Arrondissement: Aix-en-Provence
Department: Bouches-du-Rhone
Region: Provence
Postcode: 13770
Distance to Venelles
from Marseille: 35 km
from Paris: 632 km
from Calais: 862 km
from Nice: 144 km
from Bordeaux: 502 km
from Strasbourg: 581 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Venelles): Meyrargues.
Getting here
Bouches-du-Rhone is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into the airport at Marseille or drive from the UK with a journey time of around 10-11 hours. For driving distances to Venelles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Venelles