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Visit Contes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Contes is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur region) in the south-east of France at 13 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Contes is 678 km from Paris and 893 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Coaraze at 6 km from Contes
Popular places to visit near Contes: these include Coaraze at 6 km and Peillon at 7 km. Coaraze is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 6km and Trophy of Augustus is a listed 'national monument' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Contes, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Contes and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Contes
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin botanique (13km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (13km) : La citronneraie (16km) : Palais Carnolès (16km) : Serre de la Madone (16km) : Le Vallon du Brec (22km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (30km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (36km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (36km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (44km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (10km) : Saorge Monastery (27km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coaraze (6km) : Sainte-Agnes (12km) : Gourdon (29km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nice (13km) : Menton (16km) : Cannes (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Contes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Contes
Canton: Contes
Arrondissement: Nice
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur
Postcode: 06390
Distance to Contes
from Nice: 13 km
from Paris: 678 km
from Calais: 893 km
from Nice: 13 km
from Bordeaux: 638 km
from Strasbourg: 532 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Contes (within 6 km): Aspremont : Bendejun : Berre-les-Alpes : Blausasc : Cantaron : Chateauneuf-Villevieille : Coaraze : Peillon : Touet-de-l'Escarene : Tourrette-Levens :
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This page in French: Visitez Contes