Balbins travel guide
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Visit Balbins: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Balbins is situated in the Isere department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 47 km from Grenoble, the department capital. (General information: Balbins is 442 km from Paris and 666 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Palais Ideal at 22 km from Balbins
Popular places to visit near Balbins: these include Palais Ideal at 22 km and Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye at 24 km.
Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 24km and Saint-Gervais is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 29km. 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 Balbins, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Balbins
See France This Way travel guides for Isere and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Balbins.
Note that all distances from Balbins shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Balbins holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Balbins (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 Balbins and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du musée Hébert (45km) : Jardin japonais (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (24km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Gervais (29km) : Chaponnay (35km) : Morestel (37km) : Saint-Vulbas (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (31km) : Grenoble (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Balbins & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Balbins
Canton: Côte-Saint-André
Arrondissement: Vienne
Department: Isere
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 38260
Distance to Balbins
from Grenoble: 47 km
from Paris: 442 km
from Calais: 666 km
from Nice: 248 km
from Bordeaux: 459 km
from Strasbourg: 403 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 Balbins): Arzay, Bossieu, Commelle, Faramans, La Cote-Saint-Andre, Marcilloles, Nantoin, Ornacieux, Penol, Sardieu and Semons.
Getting here
For driving distances to Balbins from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Balbins