Blyes travel guide
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Visit Blyes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Blyes is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 40 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Blyes is 400 km from Paris and 620 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Perouges at 8 km from Blyes
Popular places to visit near Blyes: these include Perouges at 8 km and Cremieu at 13 km.
Saint-Vulbas is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 4km and Perouges is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 8km. 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 Blyes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Blyes
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Blyes.
Note that all distances from Blyes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Blyes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Blyes (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 Ain 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 Blyes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de la Tête d'Or (31km) : Parc de Gerland (33km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (45km) : Parc du château de Laye (47km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (8km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (33km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Vulbas (4km) : Morestel (26km) : Chaponnay (34km) : Ecully (37km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (38km) : Vonnas (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (33km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (13km) : Trevoux (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Blyes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Blyes
Canton: Lagnieu
Arrondissement: Belley
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01150
Distance to Blyes
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 40 km
from Paris: 400 km
from Calais: 620 km
from Nice: 287 km
from Bordeaux: 469 km
from Strasbourg: 358 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Blyes): Charnoz-sur-Ain, Chazey-sur-Ain, Hieres-sur-Amby, Saint-Jean-de-Niost, Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans, Saint-Vulbas and Sainte-Julie.
Getting here
For driving distances to Blyes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Blyes