Ambronay travel guide
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Visit Ambronay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ambronay is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 25 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Ambronay is 389 km from Paris and 607 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Perouges at 18 km from Ambronay
Popular places to visit near Ambronay: these include Perouges at 18 km and Bourg-en-Bresse at 24 km.
Perouges is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 18km and Saint-Vulbas is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 20km. 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 Ambronay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ambronay
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ambronay.
Note that all distances from Ambronay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ambronay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ambronay (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 Ain 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 Ambronay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de la Tête d'Or (46km) : Parc de Gerland (48km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (24km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (18km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Vulbas (20km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (33km) : Vonnas (37km) : Morestel (38km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (32km) : Trevoux (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Ambronay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ambronay
Canton: Ambérieu-en-Bugey
Arrondissement: Belley
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01500
Distance to Ambronay
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 25 km
from Paris: 389 km
from Calais: 607 km
from Nice: 297 km
from Bordeaux: 481 km
from Strasbourg: 339 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 Ambronay): Amberieu-en-Bugey, Chateau-Gaillard, Douvres, Druillat, Jujurieux, Pont-d'Ain, Priay, Saint-Denis-en-Bugey, Saint-Jean-le-Vieux and Varambon.
Getting here
For driving distances to Ambronay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ambronay