Velaux travel guide
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Visit Velaux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Velaux is situated in the Bouches-du-Rhone department (Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur region) in the south-east of France at 27 km from Marseille, the department capital. (General information: Velaux is 633 km from Paris and 864 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Aix-en-Provence at 16 km from Velaux
Popular places to visit near Velaux: these include Aix-en-Provence at 16 km and Salon-de-Provence at 18 km. Jardin d'Eguilles is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Jardin d'Albertas is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Velaux, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Velaux and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Velaux
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin d'Eguilles (9km) : Jardin d'Albertas (15km) : Jardin du château de Val Joanis (27km) : Parc du 26e Centenaire (29km) : Jardin de la Magalone (31km) : Parc Longchamp (31km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (31km) : Parc Borély (31km) : Jardin de la Louve (34km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (36km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'If (27km) : Glanum (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lourmarin (28km) : Ansouis (29km) : Menerbes (34km) : Roussillon (42km) : Gordes (43km) : Baux-de-Provence (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (22km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (43km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (46km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Montmajour (Arles) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Martigues (21km) : Istres (22km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Marseille (27km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Apt (41km) :
- Grand Site of France: Montagne Sainte-Victoire (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Velaux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Velaux
Canton: Pélissanne
Arrondissement: Aix-en-Provence
Department: Bouches-du-Rhone
Region: Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur
Postcode: 13880
Distance to Velaux
from Marseille: 27 km
from Paris: 633 km
from Calais: 864 km
from Nice: 163 km
from Bordeaux: 487 km
from Strasbourg: 594 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Velaux (within 6 km): Coudoux : La Fare-les-Oliviers : Rognac : Ventabren :
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This page in French: Visitez Velaux