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Visit Alex: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Alex is situated in the Haute-Savoie department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 9 km from Annecy, the department capital. (General information: Alex is 441 km from Paris and 649 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Menthon Saint Bernard at 5 km from Alex
Popular places to visit near Alex: these include Menthon Saint Bernard at 5 km and Veyrier du Lac at 5 km.
Roc de Chere is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 6km and Annecy is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Alex, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Alex
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Alex.
Note that all distances from Alex shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Alex holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Alex (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Rhone-Alpes and Haute-Savoie gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Alex and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du Prieuré (40km) : Jardin botanique alpin La Ja˙sinia (43km) :
- National Monuments: Voltaire Chateau (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Annecy (9km) : Megeve (30km) : Aix-les-Bains (34km) : Nances (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Albertville (27km) : Chambery (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Roche-sur-Foron (21km) : Sallanches (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Alex & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Alex
Canton: Annecy-le-Vieux
Arrondissement: Annecy
Department: Haute-Savoie
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 74290
Distance to Alex
from Annecy: 9 km
from Paris: 441 km
from Calais: 649 km
from Nice: 256 km
from Bordeaux: 545 km
from Strasbourg: 321 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Alex): Bluffy, Dingy-Saint-Clair, La Balme-de-Thuy, Menthon-Saint-Bernard, Naves-Parmelan, Talloires and Veyrier-du-Lac.
Getting here
For driving distances to Alex from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Alex