Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Detourmap lists 158 places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: Mont Ventoux. 117 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 158
- Oldest
- Olbia de Provence 324 BC
- Little known
- 117 of 158
- Share of France
- 8%
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 158
The 120 best known of 158. The other 38 are on the map and on the France pages.
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2.Roman Theatre of Orange
Archaeological · 1st century BC · Renowned
Ancient Roman theatre in Orange, France
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12.Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments
Archaeological · Notable
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Arles, France
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57.Pont Julien
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Roman stone arch bridge over the Calavon river in the south-east of France
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77.Olbia de Provence
Archaeological · 4th century BC · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Hyères (Var), France
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109.Archaeological site of the Verrerie
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Arles, France
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118.San Peyre
Nature · Hidden gem
A cone of volcanic origin located in Esterel, in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, west of the Alpes-Maritimes in France
Elsewhere in France
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur?
Mont Ventoux. Mountain of the Alps in southern France. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur?
158: 101 nature & landscapes and 57 archaeological & historic sites. 117 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur?
Olbia de Provence, dated to 324 BC. 10 of the 158 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur is a first-level division of France, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.