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Visit Monteux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Monteux is situated in the Vaucluse department (Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur region) in the south-east of France at 18 km from Avignon, the department capital. (General information: Monteux is 573 km from Paris and 804 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Carpentras at 5 km from Monteux
Popular places to visit near Monteux: these include Carpentras at 5 km and Pernes-les-Fontaines at 6 km. Carpentras is a listed 'town of art and history' at 5km and Pernes-les-Fontaines is a listed 'recommended detour' at 6km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Monteux: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Selected places to visit and attractions near Monteux, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Monteux and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Monteux
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jarditrain (10km) : Jardin du château de Brantes (10km) : Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (27km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (31km) : Jardin de la Louve (34km) : Jardin des herbes (44km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (46km) :
- National Monuments: Fort Saint-Andre (18km) : Glanum (30km) : Montmajour Abbey (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Venasque (13km) : Seguret (19km) : Gordes (21km) : Roussillon (28km) : Menerbes (28km) : Baux-de-Provence (36km) : Lourmarin (42km) : La Roque-sur-Ceze (42km) : Aigueze (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (15km) : Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (18km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (21km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (24km) : Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (40km) : Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (La Garde-Adhemar) (44km) : Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (46km) : Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Avignon Centre (18km) : Orange Roman Theatre (19km) : Pont du Gard (38km) : Roman Arles (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Carpentras (5km) : Vaison-la-Romaine (24km) : Beaucaire (38km) : Uzes (46km) : Arles (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pernes-les-Fontaines (6km) : Apt (37km) : Nyons (38km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (28km) :
Map of places to visit near Monteux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Monteux
Canton: Carpentras-Sud
Arrondissement: Carpentras
Department: Vaucluse
Region: Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur
Postcode: 84170
Distance to Monteux
from Avignon: 18 km
from Paris: 573 km
from Calais: 804 km
from Nice: 186 km
from Bordeaux: 451 km
from Strasbourg: 548 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Monteux (within 6 km): Althen-Des-Paluds : Carpentras : Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue : Loriol-du-Comtat : Pernes-les-Fontaines : Sarrians :
Monteux holidays and travel
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This page in French: Visitez Monteux