Chaleins travel guide
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Visit Chaleins: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chaleins is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 38 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Chaleins is 364 km from Paris and 589 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Trevoux at 10 km from Chaleins
Popular places to visit near Chaleins: these include Trevoux at 10 km and Belleville at 10 km.
Parc du château de Laye is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km and Trevoux is a listed 'recommended detour' at 10km. 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 Chaleins, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chaleins
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chaleins.
Note that all distances from Chaleins shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chaleins holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chaleins (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 Chaleins and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Laye (7km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (13km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (28km) : Parc de Gerland (30km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (41km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (49km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (19km) : Perouges (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (30km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (31km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (43km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (46km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (16km) : Vonnas (25km) : Ecully (28km) : Macon (30km) : Saint-Vulbas (43km) : Chaponnay (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (30km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (10km) : Cremieu (48km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Chaleins & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chaleins
Canton: Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01480
Distance to Chaleins
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 38 km
from Paris: 364 km
from Calais: 589 km
from Nice: 323 km
from Bordeaux: 440 km
from Strasbourg: 360 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chaleins): Ars-sur-Formans, Beauregard, Fareins, Frans, Jassans-Riottier, Lurcy, Messimy-sur-Saone, Miserieux, Savigneux and Villeneuve.
Getting here
For driving distances to Chaleins from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chaleins