Charentay travel guide
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Visit Charentay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Charentay is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 38 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Charentay is 354 km from Paris and 579 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Belleville at 6 km from Charentay
Popular places to visit near Charentay: these include Belleville at 6 km and Anse at 17 km.
Parc du château de Laye is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 4km and Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km. 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 Charentay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Charentay
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Charentay.
Note that all distances from Charentay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Charentay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Charentay (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 Charentay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Laye (4km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (16km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (29km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (37km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (37km) : Parc de Gerland (39km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (46km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (49km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (17km) : Perouges (44km) : Semur-en-Brionnais (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (34km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (37km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (38km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (39km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (39km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (43km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (22km) : Macon (26km) : Vonnas (28km) : Ecully (36km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (18km) : Charlieu (40km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (24km) :
Map of places to visit near Charentay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Charentay
Canton: Belleville
Arrondissement: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69220
Distance to Charentay
from Lyon: 38 km
from Paris: 354 km
from Calais: 579 km
from Nice: 335 km
from Bordeaux: 433 km
from Strasbourg: 361 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 Charentay): Belleville, Cercie, Le Perreon, Odenas, Quincie-en-Beaujolais, Regnie-Durette, Saint-Etienne-Des-Oullieres, Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne, Saint-Georges-de-Reneins, Saint-Jean-d'Ardieres and Saint-Lager.
Getting here
For driving distances to Charentay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Charentay