Villefranche-sur-Mer travel guide
Book Hotels
Reserve online, pay at the hotel
'Best price guaranteed' by booking.com
See also: France car hire
Visit Villefranche-sur-Mer: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Villefranche-sur-Mer is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 3 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Villefranche-sur-Mer is 688 km from Paris and 904 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Villefranche-sur-Mer (page also includes a photo gallery for Villefranche-sur-Mer)
Villefranche-sur-Mer reviews and comments:
Villefranche-sur-Mer, France Rating: 4/5 Reviewed by Thomas on
Popular places to visit near Villefranche-sur-Mer: these include Beaulieu-sur-Mer at 1 km and Nice at 3 km.
Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 2km and Nice is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 3km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Villefranche-sur-Mer: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
Hover your mouse over photos of Villefranche-sur-Mer for navigation buttons
Selected places to visit and attractions near Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Villefranche-sur-Mer
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Villefranche-sur-Mer.
Note that all distances from Villefranche-sur-Mer shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Villefranche-sur-Mer holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Villefranche-sur-Mer (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 Villefranche-sur-Mer and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (2km) : Jardin botanique (4km) : La citronneraie (17km) : Palais Carnolès (17km) : Serre de la Madone (17km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (20km) : Le Vallon du Brec (24km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (32km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (36km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (47km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (9km) : Saorge Monastery (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Sainte-Agnes (16km) : Coaraze (18km) : Gourdon (27km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (30km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nice (3km) : Menton (18km) : Cannes (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (32km) :
Map of places to visit near Villefranche-sur-Mer & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Villefranche-sur-Mer
Canton: Villefranche-sur-Mer
Arrondissement: Nice
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06230
Distance to Villefranche-sur-Mer
from Nice: 3 km
from Paris: 688 km
from Calais: 904 km
from Nice: 3 km
from Bordeaux: 640 km
from Strasbourg: 544 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 Villefranche-sur-Mer): Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Cap Ferrat, Drap, Eze, Falicon, La Trinite and Nice.
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 Villefranche-sur-Mer from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Villefranche-sur-Mer