Challex travel guide
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Visit Challex: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Challex is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 57 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Challex is 403 km from Paris and 611 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Divonne-les-Bains at 24 km from Challex
Popular places to visit near Challex: these include Divonne-les-Bains at 24 km and Annecy at 33 km.
Voltaire Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 14km and Col de la Faucille is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 22km. 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 Challex, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Challex
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Challex.
Note that all distances from Challex shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Challex holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Challex (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 Challex and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (35km) :
- National Monuments: Voltaire Chateau (14km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Annecy (33km) : Yvoire (34km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Roche-sur-Foron (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Challex & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Challex
Canton: Collonges
Arrondissement: Gex
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01630
Distance to Challex
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 57 km
from Paris: 403 km
from Calais: 611 km
from Nice: 294 km
from Bordeaux: 531 km
from Strasbourg: 299 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Challex): Collonges, Farges, Peron, Pougny and Saint-Jean-de-Gonville.
Getting here
For driving distances to Challex from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Challex