Colmars tourism and travel guide

Visit Colmars: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit Attractions Book a visitFrance This Way comment: In the mountain village of Colmars highlights include the Fort de Savoie and fortified medieval gateways
Colmars is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Colmars. For detailed visitor information see the Colmars travel guide.
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Colmars in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Popular places to visit nearby include Barcelonnette at 23 km and Annot at 24 km.
Colmars, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Colmars-les-Alpes
less than one km (direction )In the mountain village of Colmars highlights include the Fort de Savoie...
See Colmars-les-Alpes guide

Barcelonnette
at 23 km (direction )Barcelonnette has an attractive town centre, and also a good number of...
See Barcelonnette guide

Annot
at 24 km (direction south-south-east)The small village of Annot is most unusual, being built around great...
See Annot guide

Vallee de l'Ubaye
Scenery at 28 km (direction north-north-east)Starting near the Lac de Poncon, the Vallée de l'Ubaye is one...
See Vallee de l'Ubaye guide

Seyne-les-Alpes
at 29 km (direction west-north-west)In the mountain village of Seyne you can see various parts of...
See Seyne-les-Alpes guide

Entrevaux
at 30 km (direction south-east)The narrow medieval streets and the citadel on the hill above the...
See Entrevaux guide

Digne-les-Bains
at 33 km (direction west-south-west)As well as being a spa town, the medieval centre of Digne-les-Bains...
See Digne-les-Bains guide

Mercantour National Park
National Parc at 36 km (direction east), in the Alpes-Maritimes departmentThe National Park of Mercantour, in the Alps near the Italian border,...
See Mercantour National Park guide

Castellane
at 38 km (direction south-south-west)The small town of Castellane has a pleasant historic centre and is...
See Castellane guide

Gorges du Verdon
Scenery at 42 km (direction south-south-west)These gorges in northern Provence are one of the most impressive scenic...
See Gorges du Verdon guide

Lake Serre-Poncon
Scenery at 43 km (direction north-west), in the Hautes-Alpes departmentAmong many beautiful Alpine lakes we mention the Lac de Serre-Poncon because...
See Lake Serre-Poncon guide

Embrun
at 44 km (direction north-north-west), in the Hautes-Alpes departmentThe historic centre of Embrun is usually visited at the same time...
See Embrun guide

Trigance
at 49 km (direction south-south-west), in the Var departmentTrigance is a charming small village and castle to the east of...
See Trigance guide

Moustiers
Most Beautiful Village at 49 km (direction south-west)The setting of Moustiers-Sainte-Marie below steep cliffs and the lively historic centre...
See Moustiers guide
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
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Map of places to visit near Colmars
Markets in and near Colmars
Market days in Colmars: seasonal market: Friday & Tuesday;
- Colmars: market Friday & Tuesday - seasonal market only (0km)
- Allos: market Wednesday (7km)
- Barcelonnette: market Monday all day - seasonal market only (23km)
- Barcelonnette: market Wednesday & Saturday (23km)
- Annot: market Tuesday (25km)
- Saint-Andre-les-Alpes: market Wednesday & Saturday (26km)
- Seyne: market Tuesday & Friday (29km)
- Digne-les-Bains: market Wednesday (33km)
- Puget-Theniers: market Sunday (33km)
- Montclar: market Sunday - seasonal market only (33km)
More information about Colmars, Provence
Tourist attractions near Colmars, France
What to do at Colmars? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Colmars.
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Moustiers (49km)
Remarkable gardens
- Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (38km)
- Le Vallon du Brec (54km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Lac d'Allos (9km)
- Col de la Cayolle (13km)
- Col d'Allos (13km)
- Source - Verdon (17km)
- Col de la Bonette (22km)
- Clue de Barles (30km)
- Lac de Castillon (34km)
- Barrage de Castillon (34km)
- Barrage de Chaudanne (38km)
- Col de la Lombarde (42km)
- Lac de Serre-Poncon (43km)
Geography and distances
Colmars is in the south-east of France at 33 kilometres from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital (general information: Colmars is 614 kilometres from Paris).
Geographical Information
Commune: Colmars
Canton: Allos-Colmars
Arrondissement: Castellane
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 0
Distance to Colmars
from Digne-les-Bains (prefecture): 33 km
from Paris: 614 km
from Calais: 833 km
from Nice: 74 km
from Bordeaux: 576 km
from Strasbourg: 497 km
Getting here
Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - by car from Calais the drive takes about 11 hours. For driving distances to Colmars from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 2 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Beauvezer and Villars-Colmars.
This page in French: Visiter Colmars
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