Avignon travel guide
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Visit Avignon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Avignon is situated in the Vaucluse department (Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur region) in the south-east of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Vaucluse department. (General information: Avignon is 578 km from Paris and 810 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Avignon (page also includes a photo gallery for Avignon)
Popular places to visit near Avignon: these include Avignon at 1 km and Villeneuve-les-Avignon at 3 km. Avignon Centre is a listed 'heritage site' at 1km and Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Avignon: Avignon has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Selected places to visit and attractions near Avignon, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Avignon and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Avignon
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Brantes (9km) : Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (11km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (23km) : Jarditrain (25km) : Jardins de la Fontaine (38km) : Jardin de la Louve (42km) :
- National Monuments: Fort Saint-Andre (3km) : Glanum (17km) : Montmajour Abbey (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Baux-de-Provence (22km) : Venasque (27km) : Gordes (31km) : Menerbes (34km) : Seguret (34km) : La Roque-sur-Ceze (36km) : Roussillon (39km) : Aigueze (45km) : Lourmarin (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (1km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (22km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (31km) : Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) (33km) : Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (33km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (39km) : Abbaye de Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles) (43km) : Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (45km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Montmajour (Arles) (46km) : Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Avignon Centre (1km) : Orange Roman Theatre (22km) : Pont du Gard (22km) : Roman Arles (33km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Beaucaire (20km) : Carpentras (22km) : Uzes (32km) : Arles (33km) : Nimes (38km) : Vaison-la-Romaine (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pernes-les-Fontaines (21km) : Apt (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Avignon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Avignon
Canton: Avignon
Arrondissement: Avignon
Department: Vaucluse
Region: Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur
Postcode: 84000
Distance to Avignon
from Avignon: 0 km
from Paris: 578 km
from Calais: 810 km
from Nice: 199 km
from Bordeaux: 440 km
from Strasbourg: 563 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Avignon (within 6 km): Barbentane : Le Pontet : Les Angles : Rognonas : Villeneuve-les-Avignon :
Avignon holidays and travel
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This page in French: Visitez Avignon