Opio tourism and travel guide
Visit Opio: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit AttractionsFrance This Way comment: Opio is a tiny village in the hills, with very far-reaching views
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Opio. For detailed visitor information see the Opio travel guide.
Opio is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department and Provence region, in the south-east of France at 23 kilometres from Nice, the department capital (general information: Opio is 678 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Le Bar-sur-Loup at 4 km and Grasse at 5 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Opio, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Opio in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Alpes-Maritimes
Map of places to visit near Opio
Markets in and near Opio
- Valbonne: market Tuesday & Thursday & Friday (4km)
- Grasse: market Wednesday & Tuesday (5km)
- Mouans-Sartoux: market Tuesday & Thursday (6km)
- Peymeinade: market Monday (9km)
- Le Cannet: market Tuesday & Sunday (11km)
- Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey: market Sunday (11km)
- Vallauris: market Wednesday & Sunday & Friday (11km)
- Vence: market Tuesday & Friday (12km)
- Cannes: market Monday - seasonal market only (13km)
- Cannes: market every day except Monday (13km)
More information about Opio, Provence
Tourist attractions near Opio, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Opio.
Aquarium
- Marineland d'Antibes (13km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Gourdon (6km)
- Seillans (27km)
- Coaraze (33km)
- Sainte-Agnes (41km)
National Monuments
- Frejus Cathedral cloisters (33km)
- Trophy of Augustus (35km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Grimaud (57km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (13km)
- Eglise de St Raphaël (Saint-Raphael) (32km)
- Cathédrale Saint Léonce (Frejus) (33km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (5km)
- Le Vallon du Brec (15km)
- Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (15km)
- Parc du château de la Napoule (16km)
- Jardin botanique (23km)
- Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (28km)
- La citronneraie (44km)
- Serre de la Madone (44km)
- Palais Carnolès (44km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
Sites of natural beauty
- Grottes de Saint-Cezaire (14km)
- Baou de Saint-Jeannet (16km)
- Cascade de Gairaut (24km)
- Tete de Chien (34km)
- Barrage de Chaudanne (40km)
- Lac de Castillon (43km)
- Barrage de Castillon (43km)
Towns of Art and history
- Frejus (33km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Cannes (13km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc Phœnix (19km)
- Parc zoologique du Cap Ferrat (28km)
- Parc zoologique de Fréjus (29km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Opio
Canton: Bar-sur-Loup
Arrondissement: Grasse
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 0
Distance to Opio
from Nice (prefecture): 23 km
from Paris: 678 km
from Calais: 897 km
from Nice: 23 km
from Bordeaux: 616 km
from Strasbourg: 550 km
Getting here
Opio 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 Opio from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 8 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Chateauneuf-Grasse, Gourdon, Grasse, Le Bar-sur-Loup, Le Rouret, Mouans-Sartoux, Roquefort-les-Pins and Valbonne.
This page in French: Visiter Opio