Gex travel guide
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Visit Gex: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gex is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 66 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Gex is 395 km from Paris and 599 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Divonne-les-Bains at 7 km from Gex
Popular places to visit near Gex: these include Divonne-les-Bains at 7 km and Yvoire at 21 km.
Col de la Faucille is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 5km and Lac de Lamoura is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Gex: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Gex, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gex
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gex.
Note that all distances from Gex shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gex holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gex (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 Ain 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 Gex and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (21km) : Jardin d'eau de pré curieux (40km) :
- National Monuments: Voltaire Chateau (10km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Yvoire (20km) : Evian-les-Bains (42km) : Annecy (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Roche-sur-Foron (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Gex & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gex
Canton: Gex
Arrondissement: Gex
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01170
Distance to Gex
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 66 km
from Paris: 395 km
from Calais: 599 km
from Nice: 308 km
from Bordeaux: 543 km
from Strasbourg: 280 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gex): Cessy, Divonne-les-Bains, Echenevex, Grilly, Mijoux, Sauverny, Segny, Versonnex and Vesancy.
Getting here
For driving distances to Gex from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gex