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Briancon travel guide

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Visit Briancon: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Briancon is situated in the Hautes-Alpes department (Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur region) in the south-east of France at 59 km from Gap, the department capital. (General information: Briancon is 547 km from Paris and 760 km from the port at Calais).

For a detailed travel guide see Briancon

Popular places to visit near Briancon: these include Briancon at 1 km and Serre Chevalier at 8 km. Briancon is a listed 'town of art and history' at 1km and Vallee de la Claree is a listed 'grand site of france' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Briancon: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; Briancon has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);

Selected places to visit and attractions near Briancon, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

Briancon 1km

Serre Chevalier 8km

Nevache 13km

L'Argentiere-la-Bessee 13km

Ecrins National Park 22km

La Grave 30km

Embrun 39km

Deux-Alpes 42km

Val Thorens 44km

Things to see in Briancon and nearby

Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Briancon

'Remarkable gardens': Jardin alpin du Lautaret (28km) :
National Monuments: Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin (26km) :
Beautiful Villages: La Grave (30km) :
Towns of Art and History: Briancon (1km) :
Recommended Detour Town: L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (13km) : Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (47km) :
Grand Site of France: Vallee de la Claree (8km) :