Bessey travel guide
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Visit Bessey: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bessey is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 25 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Bessey is 425 km from Paris and 654 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Malleval at 2 km from Bessey
Popular places to visit near Bessey: these include Malleval at 2 km and Pelussin at 4 km.
Oeillon Crest is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 7km and Pilat is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 9km. 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 Bessey, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bessey
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bessey.
Note that all distances from Bessey shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bessey holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bessey (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 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 Bessey and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (43km) : Jardin japonais (44km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (25km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (42km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chaponnay (33km) : Saint-Galmier (37km) : Ecully (44km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (21km) : Saint-Etienne (25km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Bessey & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bessey
Canton: Pélussin
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42520
Distance to Bessey
from Saint-Etienne: 25 km
from Paris: 425 km
from Calais: 654 km
from Nice: 277 km
from Bordeaux: 418 km
from Strasbourg: 424 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bessey): Brossainc, Charnas, Chavanay, Limony, Lupe, Maclas, Malleval, Pelussin, Roisey, Saint-Alban-du-Rhone, Saint-Appolinard, Saint-Jacques-d'Atticieux, Saint-Pierre-de-Boeuf and Veranne.
Getting here
For driving distances to Bessey from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bessey