Chambery travel guide
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Visit Chambery: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chambery is situated in the Savoie department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Savoie department. (General information: Chambery is 454 km from Paris and 670 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Chambery (page also includes a photo gallery for Chambery)
Popular places to visit near Chambery: these include Chambery at 1 km and Aix-les-Bains at 14 km.
Chambery is a listed 'town of art and history' at 1km and Nances is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Chambery: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; Chambery has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chambery, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chambery
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chambery.
Note that all distances from Chambery shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chambery holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chambery (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 Savoie 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 Chambery and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du Prieuré (10km) : Parc du château du Touvet (23km) : Jardin du musée Hébert (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nances (10km) : Aix-les-Bains (14km) : Morestel (37km) : Annecy (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chambery (1km) : Albertville (39km) : Grenoble (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Chambery & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chambéry
Canton: Chambéry
Arrondissement: Chambéry
Department: Savoie
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 73000
Distance to Chambery
from Chambery: NAN km
from Paris: 454 km
from Calais: 670 km
from Nice: 233 km
from Bordeaux: 515 km
from Strasbourg: 363 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 19 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chambery): Apremont, Barberaz, Barby, Bassens, Challes-les-Eaux, Cognin, Jacob-Bellecombette, La Motte-Servolex, La Ravoire, Montagnole, Myans, Saint-Alban-Leysse, Saint-Baldoph, Saint-Cassin, Saint-Jean-d'Arvey, Saint-Jeoire-Prieure, Sonnaz, Verel-Pragondran and Vimines.
Getting here
For driving distances to Chambery from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chambery