Ars-sur-Formans travel guide
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Visit Ars-sur-Formans: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ars-sur-Formans is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 39 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Ars-sur-Formans is 368 km from Paris and 592 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Trevoux at 7 km from Ars-sur-Formans
Popular places to visit near Ars-sur-Formans: these include Trevoux at 7 km and Anse at 10 km.
Trevoux is a listed 'recommended detour' at 7km and Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km. 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 Ars-sur-Formans, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ars-sur-Formans
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ars-sur-Formans.
Note that all distances from Ars-sur-Formans shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ars-sur-Formans holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ars-sur-Formans (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 Ars-sur-Formans and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (11km) : Parc du château de Laye (11km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (24km) : Parc de Gerland (26km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (44km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (19km) : Perouges (30km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (26km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (27km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (47km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (18km) : Ecully (25km) : Vonnas (28km) : Macon (34km) : Saint-Vulbas (41km) : Chaponnay (42km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (26km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (7km) : Cremieu (45km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Ars-sur-Formans & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ars-sur-Formans
Canton: Reyrieux
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01480
Distance to Ars-sur-Formans
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 39 km
from Paris: 368 km
from Calais: 592 km
from Nice: 320 km
from Bordeaux: 440 km
from Strasbourg: 363 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ars-sur-Formans): Beauregard, Chaleins, Fareins, Frans, Jassans-Riottier, Messimy-sur-Saone, Miserieux, Rance, Saint-Didier-de-Formans, Saint-Jean-de-Thurigneux, Sainte-Euphemie, Savigneux, Toussieux and Villeneuve.
Getting here
For driving distances to Ars-sur-Formans from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ars-sur-Formans