Barraux travel guide
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Visit Barraux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Barraux is situated in the Isere department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 35 km from Grenoble, the department capital. (General information: Barraux is 469 km from Paris and 685 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Les-7-Laux at 15 km from Barraux
Popular places to visit near Barraux: these include Les-7-Laux at 15 km and Chambery at 16 km.
Parc du château du Touvet is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Chartreuse is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 15km. 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 Barraux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Barraux
See France This Way travel guides for Isere and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Barraux.
Note that all distances from Barraux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Barraux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Barraux (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 Barraux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château du Touvet (9km) : Les jardins du Prieuré (25km) : Jardin du musée Hébert (31km) : Parc du château de Vizille (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nances (22km) : Aix-les-Bains (29km) : Saint-Gervais (46km) : Morestel (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chambery (16km) : Grenoble (34km) : Albertville (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Barraux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Barraux
Canton: Touvet
Arrondissement: Grenoble
Department: Isere
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 38530
Distance to Barraux
from Grenoble: 35 km
from Paris: 469 km
from Calais: 685 km
from Nice: 218 km
from Bordeaux: 518 km
from Strasbourg: 375 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Barraux): Chapareillan, La Buissiere, La Flachere, Laissaud, Pontcharra, Saint-Maximin, Sainte-Marie-d'Alloix and Sainte-Marie-du-Mont.
Getting here
For driving distances to Barraux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Barraux