Bessenay travel guide
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Visit Bessenay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bessenay is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 22 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Bessenay is 381 km from Paris and 609 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Eveux at 7 km from Bessenay
Popular places to visit near Bessenay: these include Eveux at 7 km and Bagnols at 16 km.
Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed 'recommended detour' at 17km and Ecully is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 18km. 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 Bessenay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bessenay
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bessenay.
Note that all distances from Bessenay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bessenay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bessenay (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 Rhone 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 Bessenay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (22km) : Parc de Gerland (23km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (23km) : Parc du château de Laye (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (19km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (21km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (30km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ecully (18km) : Saint-Galmier (27km) : Chaponnay (34km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (23km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (38km) : Vienne (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (17km) : Trevoux (25km) :
Map of places to visit near Bessenay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bessenay
Canton: Arbresle
Arrondissement: Lyon
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69690
Distance to Bessenay
from Lyon: 22 km
from Paris: 381 km
from Calais: 609 km
from Nice: 315 km
from Bordeaux: 414 km
from Strasbourg: 395 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 Bessenay): Bibost, Brullioles, Brussieu, Chevinay, Courzieu, Eveux, Sain-Bel, Saint-Julien-sur-Bibost, Saint-Pierre-la-Palud, Savigny and Sourcieux-les-Mines.
Getting here
For driving distances to Bessenay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bessenay