Vissec travel guide
Visit Vissec: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in La Couvertoirade at 12 km from Vissec
Location: Vissec is situated in the Gard department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 73 km from Nimes, the department capital. (General information: Vissec is 558 km from Paris and 793 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Vissec: these include La Couvertoirade at 12 km and Le Vigan at 16 km. Cirque de Vissec is a listed site of natural beauty at 0 km and Cirque de Navacelles is a listed grand site of france at 4 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Vissec, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vissec
See France This Way travel guides for Gard and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vissec.
Note that all distances from Vissec shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vissec holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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 Languedoc-Roussillon and Gard gites and villas
Markets near Vissec
- Le Vigan: market every Saturday (16km)
- Valleraugue: market every Wednesday & Saturday (25km)
- Aniane: market every Thursday (26km)
- Gignac: market every Saturday (28km)
- Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort: market every Tuesday & Friday (33km)
- Saint-Gely-du-Fesc: market every Thursday & Saturday (36km)
- Millau: market every Wednesday & Friday (38km)
- Bedarieux: market every Monday all day (40km)
- Paulhan: market every Thursday (40km)
- Saint-Jean-du-Gard: market every Tuesday (41km)
- Lamalou-les-Bains: market every Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday (45km)
- Castelnau-le-Lez: market every Thursday & Saturday & Friday (46km)
- Lattes: market every Wednesday & Sunday (51km)
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 Vissec and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Vissec map below.
Aquarium Mare Nostrum (49km)
Grand Site Of France Cirque de Navacelles (4km); Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert / Gorges de l'Herault (20km); Valle du Salagou (28km)
Heritage Site St Guilhem le Desert ancienne abbaye (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (20km); Saint Jean de Fos pont du diable (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (23km)
Most Beautiful Village La Couvertoirade (12km); Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert (20km); Peyre (43km)
Recommended Detour Lodeve (22km)
Regional Natural Parc Grands Causses (41km)
Religious Monument Abbaye de Sylvanès (Sylvanes) (41km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin des Sambucs (23km); Parc et jardins du château de Flaugergues (49km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Montpellier (46km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Cirque de Vissec (0km); Grotte des Demoiselles (23km); Grotte de la Clamouse (23km); Abîme de Bramabiau (25km); Chaos de Montpellier-le-Vieux (31km); Cirque du Moureze (32km); Chaos de Nimes-le-Vieux (34km); Aven Armand (grotte) (37km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Maison des vautours (vultures) (37km); Parc zoologique de Lunaret (44km)
Map of places to visit near Vissec & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vissec
Canton: Alzon
Arrondissement: Vigan
Department: Gard
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 30770
Distance to Vissec
from Nimes (local prefecture): 73 km
from Paris: 558 km
from Calais: 793 km
from Nice: 307 km
from Bordeaux: 337 km
from Strasbourg: 616 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vissec): Blandas, Saint-Maurice-Navacelles, Saint-Michel and Sorbs.
Getting here
For driving distances to Vissec from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vissec