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Visit Frontenas: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Frontenas is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 24 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Frontenas is 368 km from Paris and 595 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bagnols at 1 km from Frontenas
Popular places to visit near Frontenas: these include Bagnols at 1 km and Theize at 2 km.
Oingt is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 4km and Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km. 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 Frontenas, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Frontenas
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Frontenas.
Note that all distances from Frontenas shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Frontenas holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Frontenas (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 Frontenas and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (6km) : Parc du château de Laye (17km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (24km) : Parc de Gerland (25km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (40km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (4km) : Perouges (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (25km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (41km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (43km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (46km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ecully (21km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (34km) : Chaponnay (41km) : Vonnas (43km) : Saint-Galmier (44km) : Macon (45km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (25km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (12km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (35km) : Charlieu (43km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Frontenas & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Frontenas
Canton: Bois-d'Oingt
Arrondissement: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69620
Distance to Frontenas
from Lyon: 24 km
from Paris: 368 km
from Calais: 595 km
from Nice: 324 km
from Bordeaux: 423 km
from Strasbourg: 378 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 22 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Frontenas): Alix, Bagnols, Charnay, Chatillon, Chessy, Jarnioux, Lachassagne, Le Bois-d'Oingt, Le Breuil, Legny, Liergues, Marcy, Moire, Oingt, Pommiers, Pouilly-le-Monial, Saint-Jean-Des-Vignes, Saint-Laurent-d'Oingt, Sainte-Paule, Sarcey, Theize and Ville-sur-Jarnioux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Frontenas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Frontenas