Carpentras travel guide
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Visit Carpentras: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Carpentras is situated in the Vaucluse department (Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur region) in the south-east of France at 22 km from Avignon, the department capital. (General information: Carpentras is 573 km from Paris and 803 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Carpentras
Popular places to visit near Carpentras: these include Pernes-les-Fontaines at 6 km and Le Beaucet at 9 km. Pernes-les-Fontaines is a listed 'recommended detour' at 6km and Jarditrain is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Carpentras: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Selected places to visit and attractions near Carpentras, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Carpentras and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Carpentras
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jarditrain (7km) : Jardin du château de Brantes (15km) : Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (31km) : Jardin de la Louve (33km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (33km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (44km) : Jardin des herbes (45km) :
- National Monuments: Fort Saint-Andre (22km) : Glanum (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Venasque (10km) : Seguret (17km) : Gordes (20km) : Roussillon (26km) : Menerbes (28km) : Baux-de-Provence (40km) : Lourmarin (41km) : La Roque-sur-Ceze (45km) : Aigueze (48km) : Ansouis (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (15km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (20km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (21km) : Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (23km) : Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (40km) : Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (La Garde-Adhemar) (44km) :
- Heritage Sites: Orange Roman Theatre (21km) : Avignon Centre (23km) : Pont du Gard (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vaison-la-Romaine (21km) : Beaucaire (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pernes-les-Fontaines (6km) : Apt (34km) : Nyons (35km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Carpentras & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Carpentras
Canton: Carpentras
Arrondissement: Carpentras
Department: Vaucluse
Region: Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur
Postcode: 84200
Distance to Carpentras
from Avignon: 22 km
from Paris: 573 km
from Calais: 803 km
from Nice: 182 km
from Bordeaux: 455 km
from Strasbourg: 545 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Carpentras (within 6 km): Aubignan : Loriol-du-Comtat : Monteux : Saint-Didier :
Carpentras holidays and travel
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Holiday rentals: Vaucluse gites and villas
This page in French: Visitez Carpentras