Bar-le-Duc tourism and travel guide

Visit Bar-le-Duc: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: In the upper town of Bar-le-Duc you can find good examples of both medieval and renaissance style houses

Bar-le-Duc is situated in the Meuse department and Grand-Est region.

Tourist classifications for Bar-le-Duc include "recommended detour", "secteur sauvegarde" and "town of art and history". It is unusual for a town to have 3 awards, which indicates how important Bar-le-Duc is as a tourist destination!

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Bar-le-Duc in Grand-Est.

Popular places to visit nearby include Verdun at 46 km and Domremy-le-Pucelle at 52 km.

Bar-le-Duc, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Joinville

at 37 km (direction south), in the Haute-Marne department

Garden enthusiasts will want to visit Joinville to see the extensive gardens of the...

See Joinville guide

Verdun

at 46 km (direction north-north-east)

War memorials are the centre of most visits to Verdun, scene of some of...

See Verdun guide

Domremy-le-Pucelle

at 52 km (direction east-south-east), in the Vosges department

The village of Domrémy-la-Pucelle is known because it was the birthplace of Joan of...

See Domremy-le-Pucelle guide

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Markets in and near Bar-le-Duc

Market days in Bar-le-Duc: weekly market: Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday;

• Bar-le-Duc: market Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday (0km)
• Revigny-sur-Ornain: market Wednesday (14km)
• Ligny-en-Barrois: market Tuesday & Friday (15km)
• Sermaize-les-Bains: market Sunday (18km)
• Saint-Dizier: market Thursday & Sunday (22km)
• Saint-Mihiel: market Saturday (31km)
• Commercy: market Monday & Friday (31km)
• Wassy: market Thursday (34km)
• Sainte-Menehould: market Monday (41km)
• Vitry-le-Francois: market Thursday & Saturday all day (43km)

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Tourist attractions near Bar-le-Duc, France

What to do at Bar-le-Duc? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Bar-le-Duc.

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Commercy (31km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc de G. de Tréves (10km)
• Parc de la Varenne (11km)
• Le jardin de mon moulin (35km)
• Le château du grand jardin (37km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Lac du Der-Chantecoq (37km)
• Foret de la Reine (45km)
• Cotes de Meuse (56km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Ligny-en-Barrois (15km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Beaulieu-en-Argonne (30km)
• Haussignemont (31km)

Geography and distances

Bar-le-Duc is in the north-east of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Meuse department (general information: Bar-le-Duc is 206 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Bar-le-Duc from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 10 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Behonne, Chardogne, Combles-en-Barrois, Fains-Veel, Longeville-en-Barrois, Naives-Rosieres, Resson, Savonnieres-Devant-Bar, Tannois and Vavincourt.

This page in French: Visiter Bar-le-Duc