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Visit Ancy: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ancy is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 27 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Ancy is 373 km from Paris and 601 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Eveux at 9 km from Ancy
Popular places to visit near Ancy: these include Eveux at 9 km and Bagnols at 12 km.
Oingt is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 14km and Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Ancy: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Ancy, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ancy
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ancy.
Note that all distances from Ancy shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ancy holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ancy (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 Rhone 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 Ancy and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (18km) : Parc de Gerland (27km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (28km) : Parc du château de Laye (30km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (14km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (26km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (38km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (44km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ecully (22km) : Saint-Galmier (31km) : Chaponnay (41km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (27km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (44km) : Vienne (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (23km) : Trevoux (24km) : Charlieu (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Ancy & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ancy
Canton: Tarare
Arrondissement: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69490
Distance to Ancy
from Lyon: 27 km
from Paris: 373 km
from Calais: 601 km
from Nice: 322 km
from Bordeaux: 413 km
from Strasbourg: 391 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ancy): Bibost, Bully, Les Olmes, Montrottier, Pontcharra-sur-Turdine, Saint-Forgeux, Saint-Julien-sur-Bibost, Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire, Saint-Romain-de-Popey, Sarcey and Savigny.
Getting here
For driving distances to Ancy from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ancy