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Visit Drace: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Drace is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 44 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Drace is 351 km from Paris and 574 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Belleville at 5 km from Drace
Popular places to visit near Drace: these include Belleville at 5 km and Solutre-Pouilly at 16 km.
Parc du château de Laye is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 15km. 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 Drace, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Drace
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Drace.
Note that all distances from Drace shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Drace holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Drace (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 Rhone 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 Drace and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Laye (11km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (24km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (32km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (39km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (42km) : Parc de Gerland (45km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (48km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (27km) : Perouges (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (29km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (31km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (44km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (45km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (15km) : Macon (17km) : Vonnas (19km) : Ecully (43km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (24km) : Charlieu (46km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (16km) :
Map of places to visit near Drace & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Dracé
Canton: Belleville
Arrondissement: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69220
Distance to Drace
from Lyon: 44 km
from Paris: 351 km
from Calais: 574 km
from Nice: 337 km
from Bordeaux: 441 km
from Strasbourg: 351 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Drace): Belleville, Corcelles-en-Beaujolais, Fleurie, Garnerans, Genouilleux, Guereins, La Chapelle-de-Guinchay, Lancie, Mogneneins, Peyzieux-sur-Saone, Romaneche-Thorins, Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne, Saint-Jean-d'Ardieres, Saint-Symphorien-d'Ancelles, Taponas and Thoissey.
Getting here
For driving distances to Drace from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Drace