Chanay travel guide
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Visit Chanay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chanay is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 48 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Chanay is 409 km from Paris and 621 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Belley at 27 km from Chanay
Popular places to visit near Chanay: these include Belley at 27 km and Annecy at 29 km.
Gorges du Fier is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 22km and Annecy is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 29km. 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 Chanay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chanay
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chanay.
Note that all distances from Chanay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chanay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chanay (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 Chanay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du Prieuré (40km) :
- National Monuments: Voltaire Chateau (38km) : Brou Royal Monastery (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Annecy (29km) : Aix-les-Bains (36km) : Saint-Vulbas (43km) : Morestel (44km) : Nances (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chambery (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Roche-sur-Foron (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Chanay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chanay
Canton: Seyssel
Arrondissement: Belley
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01420
Distance to Chanay
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 48 km
from Paris: 409 km
from Calais: 621 km
from Nice: 281 km
from Bordeaux: 513 km
from Strasbourg: 323 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chanay): Bassy, Challonges, Chene-en-Semine, Corbonod, Franclens, Injoux-Genissiat, Lhopital, Seyssel, Seyssel, Surjoux and Usinens.
Getting here
For driving distances to Chanay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chanay