Bonson travel guide
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Visit Bonson: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bonson is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 16 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Bonson is 396 km from Paris and 628 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 17 km from Bonson
Popular places to visit near Bonson: these include Saint-Etienne at 17 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 30 km.
Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 11km and Saint-Etienne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Bonson, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bonson
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bonson.
Note that all distances from Bonson shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bonson holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bonson (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 Bonson and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (26km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (11km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (16km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (22km) : Ambert (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Bonson & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bonson
Canton: Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42160
Distance to Bonson
from Saint-Etienne: 16 km
from Paris: 396 km
from Calais: 628 km
from Nice: 315 km
from Bordeaux: 383 km
from Strasbourg: 433 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bonson): Andrezieux-Boutheon, Saint-Cyprien, Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert, Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez, Sury-le-Comtal, Veauche and Veauchette.
Getting here
For driving distances to Bonson from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bonson