Bourg-en-Bresse travel guide
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Visit Bourg-en-Bresse: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bourg-en-Bresse is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Ain department. (General information: Bourg-en-Bresse is 365 km from Paris and 583 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Bourg-en-Bresse
Popular places to visit near Bourg-en-Bresse: these include Dombes at 29 km and Macon at 32 km.
Vonnas is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 18km and Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 23km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Bourg-en-Bresse: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bourg-en-Bresse
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bourg-en-Bresse.
Note that all distances from Bourg-en-Bresse shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bourg-en-Bresse holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bourg-en-Bresse (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 Bourg-en-Bresse and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Laye (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (42km) : Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vonnas (18km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (23km) : Macon (32km) : Saint-Vulbas (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (46km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Bourg-en-Bresse & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton: Bourg-en-Bresse
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01000
Distance to Bourg-en-Bresse
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 0 km
from Paris: 365 km
from Calais: 583 km
from Nice: 321 km
from Bordeaux: 477 km
from Strasbourg: 325 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bourg-en-Bresse): Montagnat, Peronnas, Saint-Denis-les-Bourg, Saint-Just, Saint-Remy and Viriat.
Getting here
For driving distances to Bourg-en-Bresse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bourg-en-Bresse