Charolles travel guide
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Visit Charolles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Charolles is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 45 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Charolles is 306 km from Paris and 533 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Paray-le-Monial at 12 km from Charolles
Popular places to visit near Charolles: these include Paray-le-Monial at 12 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 21 km.
Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km and Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Charolles: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; Listed as a village d'etape - (recommended place to break a long journey);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Charolles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Charolles
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 Charolles.
Note that all distances from Charolles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Charolles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Charolles (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 Charolles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (13km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (13km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (14km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (14km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (23km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (23km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) (7km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (9km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (12km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (20km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (21km) : Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (12km) : Macon (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (31km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Charolles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Charolles
Canton: Charolles
Arrondissement: Charolles
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71120
Distance to Charolles
from Macon: 45 km
from Paris: 306 km
from Calais: 533 km
from Nice: 384 km
from Bordeaux: 417 km
from Strasbourg: 354 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Charolles): Champlecy, Changy, Fontenay, Lugny-les-Charolles, Marcilly-la-Gueurce, Ozolles, Vaudebarrier, Vendenesse-les-Charolles and Viry.
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 Charolles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Charolles