Crans travel guide
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Visit Crans: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Crans is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 27 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Crans is 386 km from Paris and 606 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Perouges at 7 km from Crans
Popular places to visit near Crans: these include Perouges at 7 km and Dombes at 15 km.
Perouges is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km and Saint-Vulbas is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 17km. 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 Crans, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Crans
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Crans.
Note that all distances from Crans shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Crans holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Crans (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 Crans and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de la Tête d'Or (33km) : Parc de Gerland (35km) : Parc du château de Laye (38km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (39km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (27km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (7km) : Oingt (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (35km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Vulbas (17km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (25km) : Vonnas (32km) : Ecully (38km) : Morestel (39km) : Chaponnay (42km) : Macon (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (27km) : Trevoux (32km) :
Map of places to visit near Crans & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Crans
Canton: Chalamont
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01320
Distance to Crans
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 27 km
from Paris: 386 km
from Calais: 606 km
from Nice: 300 km
from Bordeaux: 467 km
from Strasbourg: 349 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Crans): Chalamont, Chatillon-la-Palud, Rignieux-le-Franc, Saint-Eloi and Villieu-Loyes-Mollon.
Getting here
For driving distances to Crans from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Crans