Genay travel guide
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Visit Genay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Genay 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: Genay is 379 km from Paris and 603 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Trevoux at 7 km from Genay
Popular places to visit near Genay: these include Trevoux at 7 km and Anse at 10 km.
Trevoux is a listed 'recommended detour' at 7km and Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km. 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 Genay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Genay
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Genay.
Note that all distances from Genay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Genay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Genay (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 Genay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (13km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (13km) : Parc de Gerland (15km) : Parc du château de Laye (21km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (21km) : Perouges (26km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (15km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ecully (15km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (26km) : Chaponnay (31km) : Saint-Vulbas (36km) : Vonnas (37km) : Macon (45km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (15km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (7km) : Cremieu (37km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (42km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Genay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Genay
Canton: Neuville-sur-Saône
Arrondissement: Lyon
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69730
Distance to Genay
from Lyon: 14 km
from Paris: 379 km
from Calais: 603 km
from Nice: 310 km
from Bordeaux: 439 km
from Strasbourg: 371 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Genay): Albigny-sur-Saone, Cailloux-sur-Fontaines, Chasselay, Civrieux, Curis-Au-Mont-d'Or, Fleurieu-sur-Saone, Fontaines-Saint-Martin, Massieux, Montanay, Neuville-sur-Saone, Parcieux, Poleymieux-Au-Mont-d'Or, Quincieux, Reyrieux, Saint-Germain-Au-Mont-d'Or, Saint-Jean-de-Thurigneux and Trevoux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Genay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Genay