Braine travel guide
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Visit Braine: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Braine is situated in the Aisne department (Picardy region) in the north of France at 26 km from Laon, the department capital. (General information: Braine is 102 km from Paris and 215 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Soissons at 16 km from Braine
Popular places to visit near Braine: these include Soissons at 16 km and Laon at 25 km.
Soissons is a listed 'town of art and history' at 16km and Eglise de Berzy-le-Sec (Berzy-le-sec) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Braine: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Braine, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Braine
See France This Way travel guides for Aisne and Picardy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Braine.
Note that all distances from Braine shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Braine holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Braine (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 Picardy and Aisne 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 Braine and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin botanique de la Presle (37km) : Jardin du château de la Muette (37km) : Jardin du donjon de Vez (40km) : Jardin de Bosmont-sur-Serre (49km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau Coucy (25km) : Tau Palace (37km) : Towers of Reims Cathedral (37km) : Pierrefonds Chateau (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Berzy-le-Sec (Berzy-le-sec) (16km) : Cathédrale de Reims (Reims) (37km) : Eglise abbatiale de Notre Dame (Morienval) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Sulpice (Bethancourt-en-Valois) (48km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gilocourt) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vivaise (31km) : Chamery (36km) : Reims (37km) : Rilly-la-Montagne (42km) : Ebouleau (44km) :
- Heritage Sites: Reims Cathedral, Abbey and Palace (37km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Soissons (16km) : Laon (25km) : Noyon (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Braine & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Braine
Canton: Braine
Arrondissement: Soissons
Department: Aisne
Region: Picardy
Postcode: 02220
Distance to Braine
from Laon: 26 km
from Paris: 102 km
from Calais: 215 km
from Nice: 689 km
from Bordeaux: 590 km
from Strasbourg: 319 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 23 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Braine): Augy, Bazoches-sur-Vesles, Brenelle, Cerseuil, Chassemy, Ciry-Salsogne, Courcelles-sur-Vesles, Couvrelles, Cuiry-Housse, Cys-la-Commune, Dhuizel, Jouaignes, Lesges, Lime, Mont-Notre-Dame, Paars, Presles-et-Boves, Quincy-sous-le-Mont, Saint-Mard, Saint-Thibaut, Tannieres, Vasseny and Vauxtin.
Getting here
For driving distances to Braine from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Braine