Echallon travel guide
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Visit Echallon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Echallon is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 39 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Echallon is 389 km from Paris and 599 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Divonne-les-Bains at 35 km from Echallon
Popular places to visit near Echallon: these include Divonne-les-Bains at 35 km and Bourg-en-Bresse at 39 km.
Haut-Jura is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 28km and Lac de Lamoura is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 28km. 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 Echallon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Echallon
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Echallon.
Note that all distances from Echallon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Echallon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Echallon (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 Echallon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (48km) :
- National Monuments: Voltaire Chateau (29km) : Brou Royal Monastery (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Annecy (46km) : Yvoire (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Roche-sur-Foron (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Echallon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Échallon
Canton: Oyonnax-Nord
Arrondissement: Nantua
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01130
Distance to Echallon
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 39 km
from Paris: 389 km
from Calais: 599 km
from Nice: 304 km
from Bordeaux: 515 km
from Strasbourg: 304 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Echallon): Belleydoux, Champfromier, Charix, Giron, Montanges, Plagne and Saint-Germain-de-Joux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Echallon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Echallon