Besse travel guide
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Visit Besse: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Besse is situated in the Isere department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 36 km from Grenoble, the department capital. (General information: Besse is 511 km from Paris and 728 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Deux-Alpes at 7 km from Besse
Popular places to visit near Besse: these include Deux-Alpes at 7 km and Alpe-d'Huez at 11 km.
La Grave is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 11km and La Meije is a listed 'site of natural beauty' 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 Besse, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Besse
See France This Way travel guides for Isere and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Besse.
Note that all distances from Besse shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Besse holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Besse (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 Besse and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin alpin du Lautaret (14km) : Parc du château de Vizille (31km) : Parc du château du Touvet (36km) : Jardin du musée Hébert (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Grave (11km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grenoble (37km) : Briancon (42km) : Poligny (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (26km) : L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (43km) :
- Grand Site of France: Vallee de la Claree (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Besse & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Besse
Canton: Bourg-d'Oisans
Arrondissement: Grenoble
Department: Isere
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 38142
Distance to Besse
from Grenoble: 36 km
from Paris: 511 km
from Calais: 728 km
from Nice: 175 km
from Bordeaux: 531 km
from Strasbourg: 409 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Besse): Clavans-en-Haut-Oisans, Le Freney-d'Oisans, Mizoen and Mont-de-Lans.
Getting here
For driving distances to Besse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Besse