Brens travel guide
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Visit Brens: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Brens is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 65 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Brens is 430 km from Paris and 647 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Belley at 5 km from Brens
Popular places to visit near Brens: these include Belley at 5 km and Aix-les-Bains at 17 km.
Les jardins du Prieuré is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km and Nances is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 16km. 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 Brens, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Brens
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Brens.
Note that all distances from Brens shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Brens holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Brens (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 Brens and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du Prieuré (15km) : Parc du château du Touvet (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nances (16km) : Aix-les-Bains (17km) : Morestel (18km) : Saint-Vulbas (34km) : Annecy (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chambery (25km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Brens & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brens
Canton: Belley
Arrondissement: Belley
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01300
Distance to Brens
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 65 km
from Paris: 430 km
from Calais: 647 km
from Nice: 256 km
from Bordeaux: 500 km
from Strasbourg: 354 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Brens): Arbignieu, Belley, Colomieu, La Balme, Massignieu-de-Rives, Nattages, Parves, Peyrieu, Premeyzel, Saint-Bois, Traize, Virignin and Yenne.
Getting here
For driving distances to Brens from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Brens