Chamelet travel guide
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Visit Chamelet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chamelet is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 35 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Chamelet is 358 km from Paris and 586 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Oingt at 7 km from Chamelet
Popular places to visit near Chamelet: these include Oingt at 7 km and Theize at 10 km.
Oingt is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km and Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km. 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 Chamelet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chamelet
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chamelet.
Note that all distances from Chamelet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chamelet holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chamelet (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 Rhone 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 Chamelet and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (14km) : Parc du château de Laye (19km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (30km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (35km) : Parc de Gerland (36km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (39km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (45km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (7km) : Semur-en-Brionnais (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (32km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (35km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (36km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (41km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (46km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ecully (31km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (38km) : Macon (43km) : Vonnas (45km) : Saint-Galmier (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (21km) : Charlieu (33km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (39km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Chamelet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chamelet
Canton: Bois-d'Oingt
Arrondissement: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69620
Distance to Chamelet
from Lyon: 35 km
from Paris: 358 km
from Calais: 586 km
from Nice: 334 km
from Bordeaux: 417 km
from Strasbourg: 379 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 Chamelet): Chambost-Allieres, Dieme, Grandris, Letra, Oingt, Saint-Cyr-le-Chatoux, Saint-Just-d'Avray, Saint-Laurent-d'Oingt, Sainte-Paule and Ternand.
Getting here
For driving distances to Chamelet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chamelet