Pegomas tourism and travel guide
Visit Pegomas: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit AttractionsFrance This Way comment: The traditional Provencal town of Pegomas is ideally visited in early spring as part of the Route des Mimosas
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Pegomas. For detailed visitor information see the Pegomas travel guide.
Pegomas is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department and Provence region, in the south-east of France at 29 kilometres from Nice, the department capital (general information: Pegomas is 683 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Mougins at 5 km and Mandelieu-la-Napoule at 6 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Pegomas, 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 Pegomas 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 Pegomas
Markets in and near Pegomas
- Mouans-Sartoux: market Tuesday & Thursday (4km)
- Mandelieu-la-Napoule: market Wednesday & Thursday & Saturday (6km)
- Peymeinade: market Monday (7km)
- Grasse: market Wednesday & Tuesday (7km)
- Le Cannet: market Tuesday & Sunday (7km)
- Valbonne: market Tuesday & Thursday & Friday (8km)
- Cannes: market Monday - seasonal market only (8km)
- Cannes: market every day except Monday (8km)
- Vallauris: market Wednesday & Sunday & Friday (10km)
- Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey: market Sunday (13km)
More information about Pegomas, Provence
Tourist attractions near Pegomas, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Pegomas.
Aquarium
- Marineland d'Antibes (16km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Gourdon (14km)
- Seillans (24km)
- Coaraze (42km)
- Sainte-Agnes (48km)
- Gassin (50km)
National Monuments
- Frejus Cathedral cloisters (24km)
- Trophy of Augustus (41km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Grimaud (49km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (8km)
- Eglise de St Raphaël (Saint-Raphael) (23km)
- Cathédrale Saint Léonce (Frejus) (24km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (8km)
- Parc du château de la Napoule (8km)
- Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (15km)
- Le Vallon du Brec (24km)
- Jardin botanique (29km)
- Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (34km)
- Jardin Germaine l’Hardy-Denonain (50km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
Sites of natural beauty
- Grottes de Saint-Cezaire (12km)
- Baou de Saint-Jeannet (24km)
- Cascade de Gairaut (31km)
- Tete de Chien (41km)
- Barrage de Chaudanne (42km)
- Barrage de Castillon (45km)
- Lac de Castillon (45km)
- Massif des Maures (57km)
Towns of Art and history
- Frejus (24km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Cannes (8km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Fréjus (21km)
- Parc Phœnix (24km)
- Parc zoologique du Cap Ferrat (33km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Pegomas
Canton: Grasse-Sud
Arrondissement: Grasse
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 0
Distance to Pegomas
from Nice (prefecture): 29 km
from Paris: 683 km
from Calais: 902 km
from Nice: 29 km
from Bordeaux: 614 km
from Strasbourg: 558 km
Getting here
Pegomas 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 Pegomas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 8 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Auribeau-sur-Siagne, La Roquette-sur-Siagne, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Mouans-Sartoux, Mougins, Peymeinade, Speracedes and Tanneron.
This page in French: Visiter Pegomas