Caumont-sur-Durance tourism and travel guide

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Visit Caumont-sur-Durance: highlights and tourist information

Caumont-sur-Durance is situated in the Vaucluse department and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Caumont-sur-Durance in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Popular places to visit nearby include L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue at 9 km and Luberon Natural Park at 10 km.

Caumont-sur-Durance, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue

at 9 km (direction east-north-east)

L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue is a pretty town well known for its rivers and their numerous water...

See L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue guide

Luberon Natural Park

Natural Parc at 10 km (direction south-east)

The Luberon Regional Natural Parc includes several of the most beautiful villages in France...

See Luberon Natural Park guide

Avignon

Heritage Site at 13 km (direction west-north-west)

The Pope's Palace, the Pont d'Avignon and an attractive town centre make Avignon very...

See Avignon guide

Papal Palace, Avignon

Castle at 13 km (direction west-north-west)

The Papal Palace in Avignon is the most imposing gothic palace in Europe...

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Avignon Bridge

Bridge at 13 km (direction west-north-west)

The Pont Saint-Benezet is the remaining part of the bridge on the Rhone in...

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Villeneuve-les-Avignon

at 14 km (direction west-north-west), in the Gard department

Losing out in visitor numbers to famous Avignon across the river, in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon you...

See Villeneuve-les-Avignon guide

Pernes-les-Fontaines

at 14 km (direction north-east)

Pernes-les-Fontaines takes its name from the large number of historic fountains in the town...

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Fontaine-de-Vaucluse

at 15 km (direction east)

The highlight of your visit to Fontaine-de-Vaucluse is the wooded valley and river emerging...

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Saint-Remy-de-Provence

at 15 km (direction south-west), in the Bouches-du-Rhone department

The historic monuments here are a testament to St-Remy-de-Provence's claim to be one of...

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Glanum

Ancient Monument at 17 km (direction south-west), in the Bouches-du-Rhone department

Glanum is a historic site in the Alpilles with an excavated Roman town to...

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Le Beaucet

at 17 km (direction east-north-east)

The castle, the fortifications, the cliffs and the troglodyte dwellings come together to make...

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Village des Bories

at 19 km (direction east)

The Village des Bories, near Gordes in Provence, is a fascinating group of ancient...

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Oppede-le-Vieux

at 19 km (direction east-south-east)

Oppede might be less visited than the more famous of the Luberon villages, but...

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Carpentras

at 19 km (direction north-north-east)

Carpentras is a sizeable town, and although not always considered a 'tourist town' we...

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Map of places to visit near Caumont-sur-Durance

Markets in and near Caumont-sur-Durance

• Le Thor: market Saturday (5km)
• Chateaurenard: market Sunday (8km)
• Vedene: market Tuesday (9km)
• Cavaillon: market Monday (10km)
• Le Pontet: market Thursday (10km)
• Avignon: market every day except Monday (12km)
• Sorgues: market Sunday (13km)
• Pernes-les-Fontaines: market Saturday (14km)
• Villeneuve-les-Avignon: market Thursday (14km)
• Eygalieres: market Friday (15km)

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Tourist attractions near Caumont-sur-Durance, France

What to do at Caumont-sur-Durance? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Caumont-sur-Durance.

Grand sites of France

• Pont du Gard (33km)
• Mont Ventoux (41km)

Heritage sites

• Avignon Centre (13km)
• Orange Roman Theatre (29km)
• Roman Arles (35km)
• Arles église St Honorat (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (35km)
• Saint-Gilles ancienne abbatialle (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (48km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Venasque (19km)
• Gordes (20km)
• Baux-de-Provence (21km)
• Menerbes (22km)
• Roussillon (28km)
• Seguret (35km)
• Lourmarin (37km)
• Ansouis (45km)
• La Roque-sur-Ceze (47km)

National Monuments

• Fort Saint-Andre (14km)
• Glanum (15km)
• Montmajour Abbey (31km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Pernes-les-Fontaines (14km)
• Beaucaire (26km)
• Apt (36km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Alpilles (23km)
• Luberon (42km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (11km)
• Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (13km)
• Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (20km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame de Montmajour (Arles) (31km)
• Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (35km)
• Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) (35km)
• Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (40km)
• Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (44km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin du château de Brantes (14km)
• Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (15km)
• Jardin de l'Alchimiste (15km)
• Jarditrain (18km)
• Jardin de la Louve (30km)
• Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (42km)
• Jardin d'Eguilles (49km)
• Jardin du château de Val Joanis (50km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Avignon (12km)
• Villeneuve-les-Avignon (14km)
• Arles (35km)
• Saint-Gilles (48km)
• Aix-en-Provence (57km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Gorges de Régalon (26km)
• Dentelles de Montmirail (33km)
• Gorges de la Nesque (35km)
• Colorado Provencal (43km)
• Cascades du Sautadet (47km)

Towns of Art and history

• Carpentras (19km)
• Vaison-la-Romaine (40km)
• Uzes (44km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Istres (43km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Zoo de La Barben (37km)

Geography and distances

Caumont-sur-Durance is in the south-east of France at 12 kilometres from Avignon, the department capital (general information: Caumont-sur-Durance is 586 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - coming by car to the region takes about 10 hours from the cross-channel ferry ports. For driving distances to Caumont-sur-Durance from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 5 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Cabannes, Chateauneuf-de-Gadagne, Jonquerettes, Le Thor and Noves.

This page in French: Visiter Caumont-sur-Durance