Fontaines-sur-Saone travel guide
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Visit Fontaines-sur-Saone: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontaines-sur-Saone is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 8 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Fontaines-sur-Saone is 385 km from Paris and 610 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lyon at 8 km from Fontaines-sur-Saone
Popular places to visit near Fontaines-sur-Saone: these include Lyon at 8 km and Trevoux at 13 km.
Parc de la Tête d'Or is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km and Parc de Gerland is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Fontaines-sur-Saone, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontaines-sur-Saone
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fontaines-sur-Saone.
Note that all distances from Fontaines-sur-Saone shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontaines-sur-Saone holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontaines-sur-Saone (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 Fontaines-sur-Saone and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de la Tête d'Or (6km) : Parc de Gerland (8km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (17km) : Parc du château de Laye (27km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (24km) : Perouges (27km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (8km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (9km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ecully (9km) : Chaponnay (24km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (33km) : Saint-Vulbas (34km) : Vonnas (44km) : Saint-Galmier (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (8km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (13km) : Cremieu (34km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontaines-sur-Saone & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontaines-sur-Saône
Canton: Neuville-sur-Saône
Arrondissement: Lyon
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69270
Distance to Fontaines-sur-Saone
from Lyon: 8 km
from Paris: 385 km
from Calais: 610 km
from Nice: 305 km
from Bordeaux: 438 km
from Strasbourg: 376 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 21 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontaines-sur-Saone): Albigny-sur-Saone, Cailloux-sur-Fontaines, Caluire-et-Cuire, Champagne-Au-Mont-d'Or, Collonges-Au-Mont-d'Or, Couzon-Au-Mont-d'Or, Curis-Au-Mont-d'Or, Fleurieu-sur-Saone, Fontaines-Saint-Martin, Limonest, Montanay, Neuville-sur-Saone, Poleymieux-Au-Mont-d'Or, Rillieux-la-Pape, Rochetaillee-sur-Saone, Saint-Cyr-Au-Mont-d'Or, Saint-Didier-Au-Mont-d'Or, Saint-Germain-Au-Mont-d'Or, Saint-Romain-Au-Mont-d'Or, Sathonay-Camp and Sathonay-Village.
Getting here
For driving distances to Fontaines-sur-Saone from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontaines-sur-Saone