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Visit Baron: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Baron is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 48 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Baron is 300 km from Paris and 526 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Paray-le-Monial at 13 km from Baron
Popular places to visit near Baron: these include Paray-le-Monial at 13 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 25 km.
Jardin du château de Digoine is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. 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 Baron, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Baron
See France This Way travel guides for Saone-et-Loire and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Baron.
Note that all distances from Baron shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Baron holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Baron (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 France and Saone-et-Loire 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 Baron and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Digoine (8km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (19km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (20km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (21km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (30km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (29km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (13km) : Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (16km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (19km) : Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (23km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (25km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (13km) : Macon (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (38km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Baron & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Baron
Canton: Charolles
Arrondissement: Charolles
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71120
Distance to Baron
from Macon: 48 km
from Paris: 300 km
from Calais: 526 km
from Nice: 389 km
from Bordeaux: 419 km
from Strasbourg: 349 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Baron): Champlecy, Fontenay, Grandvaux, Martigny-le-Comte, Saint-Aubin-en-Charollais, Vendenesse-les-Charolles and Viry.
Getting here
Saone-et-Loire is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port - allow about 6 - 7 hours. For driving distances to Baron from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Baron