Ambel travel guide
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Visit Ambel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ambel is situated in the Isere department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 43 km from Grenoble, the department capital. (General information: Ambel is 526 km from Paris and 748 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette at 2 km from Ambel
Popular places to visit near Ambel: these include Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette at 2 km and Mens at 14 km.
Poligny is a listed 'town of art and history' at 15km and Domaine de Charance is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 27km. 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 Ambel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ambel
See France This Way travel guides for Isere and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ambel.
Note that all distances from Ambel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ambel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ambel (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 Isere 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 Ambel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine de Charance (27km) : Parc du château de Vizille (33km) : Jardin alpin du Lautaret (41km) : Jardin du musée Hébert (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Grave (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poligny (15km) : Grenoble (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Ambel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ambel
Canton: Corps
Arrondissement: Grenoble
Department: Isere
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 38970
Distance to Ambel
from Grenoble: 43 km
from Paris: 526 km
from Calais: 748 km
from Nice: 162 km
from Bordeaux: 513 km
from Strasbourg: 442 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ambel): Aspres-les-Corps, Beaufin, Corps, La Salette-Fallavaux, Le Glaizil, Les Cotes-de-Corps, Monestier-d'Ambel, Pellafol, Quet-en-Beaumont and Sainte-Luce.
Getting here
For driving distances to Ambel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ambel