Villar-d'Arene travel guide
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Visit Villar-d'Arene: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Villar-d'Arene is situated in the Hautes-Alpes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 58 km from Gap, the department capital. (General information: Villar-d'Arene is 521 km from Paris and 736 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Grave at 2 km from Villar-d'Arene
Popular places to visit near Villar-d'Arene: these include La Grave at 2 km and Ecrins National Park at 13 km.
La Grave is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 2km and La Meije is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 5km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Villar-d'Arene, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Villar-d'Arene
See France This Way travel guides for Hautes-Alpes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Villar-d'Arene.
Note that all distances from Villar-d'Arene shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Villar-d'Arene holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Villar-d'Arene (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 Villar-d'Arene and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Vizille (44km) : Parc du château du Touvet (46km) :
- National Monuments: Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Grave (2km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Briancon (29km) : Poligny (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (26km) : L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (33km) :
- Grand Site of France: Vallee de la Claree (27km) :
Map of places to visit near Villar-d'Arene & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Villar-d'Arêne
Canton: Grave
Arrondissement: Briançon
Department: Hautes-Alpes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 05480
Distance to Villar-d'Arene
from Gap: 58 km
from Paris: 521 km
from Calais: 736 km
from Nice: 166 km
from Bordeaux: 544 km
from Strasbourg: 408 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Villar-d'Arene): La Grave.
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 Villar-d'Arene from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Villar-d'Arene