Dessia travel guide
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Visit Dessia: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Dessia is situated in the Jura department (Franche-Comte region) in the east of France at 32 km from Lons-le-Saunier, the department capital. (General information: Dessia is 362 km from Paris and 574 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bourg-en-Bresse at 29 km from Dessia
Popular places to visit near Dessia: these include Bourg-en-Bresse at 29 km and Lons-le-Saunier at 32 km.
Brou Royal Monastery is a listed 'national monument' at 29km and Haut-Jura is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 33km. 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 Dessia, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Dessia
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Dessia.
Note that all distances from Dessia shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Dessia holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Dessia (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 Jura 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 Dessia and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (42km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (29km) : Voltaire Chateau (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Baume-les-Messieurs (38km) : Chateau-Chalon (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vonnas (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Dessia & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Dessia
Canton: Saint-Julien
Arrondissement: Lons-le-Saunier
Department: Jura
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 39320
Distance to Dessia
from Lons-le-Saunier: 32 km
from Paris: 362 km
from Calais: 574 km
from Nice: 329 km
from Bordeaux: 503 km
from Strasbourg: 297 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 22 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Dessia): Arinthod, Broissia, Cezia, Charnod, Chatonnay, Chemilla, Chisseria, Dramelay, Florentia, Genod, La Boissiere, Lains, Lavans-sur-Valouse, Louvenne, Montagna-le-Templier, Montrevel, Saint-Hymetiere, Saint-Julien, Valfin-sur-Valouse, Villechantria, Villeneuve-les-Charnod and Vosbles.
Getting here
For driving distances to Dessia from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Dessia