Douvres travel guide
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Visit Douvres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Douvres 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: Douvres is 391 km from Paris and 609 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Perouges at 18 km from Douvres
Popular places to visit near Douvres: these include Perouges at 18 km and Bourg-en-Bresse at 26 km.
Perouges is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 18km and Saint-Vulbas is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 19km. 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 Douvres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Douvres
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Douvres.
Note that all distances from Douvres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Douvres holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Douvres (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 Douvres and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de la Tête d'Or (46km) : Parc de Gerland (48km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (26km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (18km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (48km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Vulbas (19km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (35km) : Morestel (36km) : Vonnas (39km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (31km) : Trevoux (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Douvres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Douvres
Canton: Ambérieu-en-Bugey
Arrondissement: Belley
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01500
Distance to Douvres
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 27 km
from Paris: 391 km
from Calais: 609 km
from Nice: 295 km
from Bordeaux: 481 km
from Strasbourg: 340 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Douvres): Amberieu-en-Bugey, Ambronay, Ambutrix, Bettant, Chateau-Gaillard, Jujurieux, Saint-Denis-en-Bugey, Saint-Jean-le-Vieux, Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey and Varambon.
Getting here
For driving distances to Douvres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Douvres