Tarascon travel guide
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Visit Tarascon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Tarascon is situated in the Bouches-du-Rhone department (Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur region) in the south-east of France at 81 km from Marseille, the department capital. (General information: Tarascon is 589 km from Paris and 822 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Tarascon (page also includes a photo gallery for Tarascon)
Popular places to visit near Tarascon: these include Beaucaire at 2 km and Fontvieille at 9 km. Beaucaire is a listed 'town of art and history' at 2km and Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau is a listed 'remarkable garden' 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 Tarascon, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Tarascon and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Tarascon
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (10km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (24km) : Jardins de la Fontaine (24km) : Jardin du château de Brantes (28km) : Jarditrain (42km) :
- National Monuments: Montmajour Abbey (14km) : Glanum (14km) : Fort Saint-Andre (21km) : Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Mortes (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Baux-de-Provence (13km) : Menerbes (44km) : Venasque (44km) : Gordes (45km) : La Roque-sur-Ceze (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) (14km) : Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (20km) : Abbaye de Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles) (23km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Montmajour (Arles) (28km) : Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (30km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (36km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Istres (42km) :
- Heritage Sites: Roman Arles (14km) : Pont du Gard (19km) : Avignon Centre (20km) : Orange Roman Theatre (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Beaucaire (2km) : Arles (14km) : Nimes (24km) : Uzes (30km) : Carpentras (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pernes-les-Fontaines (39km) : Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (43km) :
- Grand Site of France: Camargue (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Tarascon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tarascon
Canton: Tarascon
Arrondissement: Arles
Department: Bouches-du-Rhone
Region: Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur
Postcode: 13150
Distance to Tarascon
from Marseille: 81 km
from Paris: 589 km
from Calais: 822 km
from Nice: 210 km
from Bordeaux: 432 km
from Strasbourg: 582 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Tarascon (within 6 km): Beaucaire : Comps : Saint-Etienne-du-Gres : Vallabregues :
Tarascon holidays and travel
Hotels: book now, pay at the hotel, 'best price promise': Tarascon Hotels
Family fun: Holiday villages in Provence
Car hire : great prices, all destinations at France car rentals
Holiday rentals: Bouches-du-Rhone gites and villas
This page in French: Visitez Tarascon