Genas travel guide
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Visit Genas: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Genas is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 14 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Genas is 401 km from Paris and 625 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lyon at 13 km from Genas
Popular places to visit near Genas: these include Lyon at 13 km and Cremieu at 19 km.
Parc de la Tête d'Or is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km and Parc de Gerland is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km. 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 Genas, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Genas
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Genas.
Note that all distances from Genas shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Genas holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Genas (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 Genas and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de la Tête d'Or (13km) : Parc de Gerland (13km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (34km) : Parc du château de Laye (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (23km) : Oingt (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (13km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (21km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chaponnay (13km) : Ecully (18km) : Saint-Vulbas (25km) : Morestel (37km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (43km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (13km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (25km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (19km) : Trevoux (29km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Genas & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Genas
Canton: Décines-Charpieu
Arrondissement: Lyon
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69740
Distance to Genas
from Lyon: 14 km
from Paris: 401 km
from Calais: 625 km
from Nice: 288 km
from Bordeaux: 448 km
from Strasbourg: 379 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 Genas): Chassieu, Decines-Charpieu, Meyzieu, Pusignan, Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure, Saint-Laurent-de-Mure and Saint-Priest.
Getting here
For driving distances to Genas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Genas