Start with Château de Beauregard: the sights of Mons
6 places to visit are mapped in Mons. They include 4 attractions and 2 châteaux. Inside 1 km of the middle lie 2 of them. Further afield lies Gorges du Verdon, at 32 km.
Top of the list in Mons
Along with Château de Beauregard, see 4 attractions and a château.
Best known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
On the map
Out at 9.3 km is Varneige, the farthest.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Mons; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Kind by kind
Other sights lead the count with 4; 2 are châteaux or heritage sites.
Dark: in Mons. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Every place to visit in and near Mons
The list is 6 places, all in town.
The 6 places in Mons first, then those within 5 km of its centre.
Days out
Start with Gorges du Verdon, 32 km off, the best known of 12.
AttractionPalais des festivals et des congrès de Cannes28 km southeast, in CannesCathedralCathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-du-Puy de Grasse17 km east, in Grasse
AttractionAbbaye de Lérins33 km southeast, in Cannes
MuseumFondation Maeght32 km east, in Saint-Paul-de-Vence
MuseumMusée Picasso35 km east, in AntibesCathedralCathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Platea d'Antibes35 km east, in AntibesCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Léonce de Fréjus27 km south, in FréjusGardenGardenLabyrinthe Miró32 km east, in Saint-Paul-de-Vence
MuseumChapelle du Rosaire de Vence32 km east, in Vence
FortFort carré34 km east, in Antibes
MuseumChâteau Grimaldi34 km east, in Cagnes-sur-MerPlaces within 40 km of Mons with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Visiting Mons: the answers
What is there to see in Mons?
The first on our list in Mons are Château de Beauregard, Arrivée Canyon, Arrivée Canyon Siagnole de Mons and Château Communal. We list 6 places in town.
Are there museums in or near Mons?
No museum or gallery is mapped in Mons or within 5 km.
What well-known places are within a day out of Mons?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Gorges du Verdon (32 km), Palais des festivals et des congrès de Cannes (28 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame-du-Puy de Grasse (17 km), Abbaye de Lérins (33 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Mons, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- Palais des festivals et des congrès de Cannes: Timantha102938, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abbaye de Lérins: Idarvol, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fondation Maeght: Waterborough, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée Picasso: Original uploader was Olivier2000 at fr.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 1.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence: m-louis .® from Osaka, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort carré: Abxbay, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château Grimaldi: Olivier Cleynen, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.