Chalon-sur-Saone travel guide
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Visit Chalon-sur-Saone: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chalon-sur-Saone is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 54 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Chalon-sur-Saone is 296 km from Paris and 512 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Chalon-sur-Saone (page also includes a photo gallery for Chalon-sur-Saone)
Popular places to visit near Chalon-sur-Saone: these include Chalon-sur-Saone at 1 km and Beaune at 26 km.
Chalon-sur-Saone is a listed 'town of art and history' at 1km and Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) is a listed 'religious monument' at 25km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Chalon-sur-Saone: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; Chalon-sur-Saone has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chalon-sur-Saone, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chalon-sur-Saone
See France This Way travel guides for Saone-et-Loire and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chalon-sur-Saone.
Note that all distances from Chalon-sur-Saone shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chalon-sur-Saone holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chalon-sur-Saone (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 France and Saone-et-Loire 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 Chalon-sur-Saone and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Sully (38km) : Abbaye de la Bussière (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (25km) : Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (33km) : Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (39km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (42km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (44km) : Cathédrale Saint Lazare (Autun) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Beaune (27km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chalon-sur-Saone (1km) : Autun (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Chalon-sur-Saone & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chalon-sur-Saône
Canton: Chalon-sur-Saône
Arrondissement: Chalon-sur-Saône
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71100
Distance to Chalon-sur-Saone
from Macon: 54 km
from Paris: 296 km
from Calais: 512 km
from Nice: 392 km
from Bordeaux: 473 km
from Strasbourg: 295 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chalon-sur-Saone): Champforgeuil, Chatenoy-en-Bresse, Chatenoy-le-Royal, Crissey, Epervans, Farges-les-Chalon, Fragnes, Lans, Lux, Oslon, Saint-Marcel, Saint-Remy, Sassenay, Sevrey and Virey-le-Grand.
Getting here
Saone-et-Loire is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port - allow about 6 - 7 hours. For driving distances to Chalon-sur-Saone from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chalon-sur-Saone