Chignin travel guide
Visit Chignin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Chambery at 8 km from Chignin
Location: Chignin is situated in the Savoie department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 9 km from Chambery, the department capital. (General information: Chignin is 462 km from Paris and 677 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Chignin: these include Chambery at 8 km and Aix-les-Bains at 20 km. Chambery is a listed town of art and history at 8 km and Chambery is a listed secteur sauvegarde at 8 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Chignin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chignin
See France This Way travel guides for Savoie and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chignin.
Note that all distances from Chignin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chignin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Chignin
- Challes-les-Eaux: market every Tuesday & Friday (3km)
- Chambery: market every Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (8km)
- La Rochette: market every Wednesday (11km)
- Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny: market every Wednesday (13km)
- Allevard: market every Thursday (16km)
- Le Touvet: market every Saturday (19km)
- Aix-les-Bains: market every Wednesday & Saturday all day (20km)
- Novalaise: market every Wednesday & Sunday (20km)
- Le Chatelard: market every Friday - seasonal market only - (20km)
- Lescheraines: market every Tuesday - seasonal market only - (22km)
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 Chignin and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Chignin map below.
Aquarium Aquarium du Lac du Bourget (21km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (38km)
Regional Natural Parc Massif des Bauges (20km); Chartreuse (22km)
Remarkable Garden Les jardins du Prieuré (18km); Parc du château du Touvet (19km); Jardin du musée Hébert (41km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Chambery (8km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Col de la Croix-de-Fer (36km); Roc de Chere (39km)
Theme Park Walibi Rhone Alpes (37km)
Town Of Art And History Chambery (8km); Albertville (34km); Grenoble (43km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Nances (18km); Aix-les-Bains (20km)
Map of places to visit near Chignin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chignin
Canton: Montmélian
Arrondissement: Chambéry
Department: Savoie
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 73800
Distance to Chignin
from Chambery (local prefecture): 9 km
from Paris: 462 km
from Calais: 677 km
from Nice: 226 km
from Bordeaux: 522 km
from Strasbourg: 365 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chignin): Apremont, Arbin, Barberaz, Barby, Challes-les-Eaux, Curienne, Francin, La Ravoire, La Thuile, Les Marches, Montmelian, Myans, Puygros, Saint-Alban-Leysse, Saint-Baldoph, Saint-Jeoire-Prieure and Sainte-Helene-du-Lac.
Getting here
For driving distances to Chignin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chignin