Francin travel guide
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Visit Francin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Francin is situated in the Savoie department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 11 km from Chambery, the department capital. (General information: Francin is 465 km from Paris and 680 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chambery at 11 km from Francin
Popular places to visit near Francin: these include Chambery at 11 km and Les-7-Laux at 22 km.
Chambery is a listed 'town of art and history' at 11km and Parc du château du Touvet is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 17km. 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 Francin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Francin
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Francin.
Note that all distances from Francin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Francin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Francin (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 Savoie 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 Francin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château du Touvet (17km) : Les jardins du Prieuré (21km) : Jardin du musée Hébert (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nances (21km) : Aix-les-Bains (23km) : Annecy (45km) : Morestel (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chambery (11km) : Albertville (34km) : Grenoble (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Francin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Francin
Canton: Montmélian
Arrondissement: Chambéry
Department: Savoie
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 73800
Distance to Francin
from Chambery: 11 km
from Paris: 465 km
from Calais: 680 km
from Nice: 223 km
from Bordeaux: 523 km
from Strasbourg: 367 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 19 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Francin): Apremont, Arbin, Challes-les-Eaux, Chapareillan, Chignin, Cruet, La Chapelle-Blanche, La Ravoire, La Thuile, Les Marches, Les Mollettes, Montmelian, Myans, Planaise, Saint-Baldoph, Saint-Jeoire-Prieure, Saint-Pierre-de-Soucy, Sainte-Helene-du-Lac and Villaroux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Francin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Francin