Barraux travel guide
Visit Barraux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Les-7-Laux at 15 km from Barraux
Location: Barraux is situated in the Isere department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 34 km from Grenoble, the department capital. (General information: Barraux is 469 km from Paris and 685 km from the port at Calais).
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 9 km and Chartreuse is a listed regional natural parc at 15 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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 our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Barraux
- Allevard: market every Thursday (9km)
- Le Touvet: market every Saturday (9km)
- La Rochette: market every Wednesday (11km)
- Challes-les-Eaux: market every Tuesday & Friday (12km)
- Chambery: market every Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (15km)
- Froges: market every Saturday (19km)
- Crolles: market every Sunday (19km)
- Saint-Laurent-du-Pont: market every Thursday (19km)
- Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny: market every Wednesday (21km)
- Villard-Bonnot: market every Tuesday (24km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Barraux map below.
Aquarium Aquarium du Lac du Bourget (30km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (34km)
Regional Natural Parc Chartreuse (15km); Massif des Bauges (31km)
Remarkable Garden Parc du château du Touvet (9km); Les jardins du Prieuré (25km); Jardin du musée Hébert (31km); Parc du château de Vizille (43km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Chambery (15km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Col de la Croix-de-Fer (29km); Aiguilles d'Arves (44km)
Theme Park Walibi Rhone Alpes (39km)
Town Of Art And History Chambery (16km); Grenoble (34km); Albertville (42km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Nances (22km); Aix-les-Bains (29km); Saint-Gervais (46km); Morestel (48km)
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 (local prefecture): 34 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!
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