Vence travel guide
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Visit Vence: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vence 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: Vence is 678 km from Paris and 895 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Vence (page also includes a photo gallery for Vence)
Popular places to visit near Vence: these include Saint-Paul-de-Vence at 3 km and Tourrettes-sur-Loup at 4 km. Baou de Saint-Jeannet is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 4km and Le Vallon du Brec is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Vence: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Selected places to visit and attractions near Vence, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Vence and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Vence
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le Vallon du Brec (10km) : Jardin botanique (12km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (16km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (17km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (18km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (26km) : Palais Carnolès (32km) : Serre de la Madone (32km) : La citronneraie (32km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (41km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (23km) : Frejus Cathedral cloisters (44km) : Saorge Monastery (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Gourdon (11km) : Coaraze (22km) : Sainte-Agnes (29km) : Seillans (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (21km) : Eglise de St Raphaël (Saint-Raphael) (43km) : Cathédrale Saint Léonce (Frejus) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nice (13km) : Cannes (21km) : Menton (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (17km) : Frejus (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Vence & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vence
Canton: Vence
Arrondissement: Grasse
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur
Postcode: 06140
Distance to Vence
from Nice: 13 km
from Paris: 678 km
from Calais: 895 km
from Nice: 13 km
from Bordeaux: 624 km
from Strasbourg: 543 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Vence (within 6 km): Gattieres : La Colle-sur-Loup : La Gaude : Saint-Jeannet : Saint-Paul : Saint-Paul-de-Vence : Tourrettes-sur-Loup :
Vence holidays and travel
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This page in French: Visitez Vence