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Visit Joux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Joux is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 38 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Joux is 363 km from Paris and 593 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Oingt at 18 km from Joux
Popular places to visit near Joux: these include Oingt at 18 km and Bagnols at 19 km.
Oingt is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 18km and Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 25km. 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 Joux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Joux
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Joux.
Note that all distances from Joux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Joux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Joux (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 Joux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (25km) : Parc du château de Laye (33km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (38km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (39km) : Parc de Gerland (39km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (18km) : Semur-en-Brionnais (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (34km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (35km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (38km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (47km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (33km) : Ecully (34km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (29km) : Trevoux (32km) : Charlieu (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Joux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Joux
Canton: Tarare
Arrondissement: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69170
Distance to Joux
from Lyon: 38 km
from Paris: 363 km
from Calais: 593 km
from Nice: 333 km
from Bordeaux: 404 km
from Strasbourg: 393 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Joux): Affoux, Les Sauvages, Machezal, Saint-Cyr-de-Valorges, Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire, Sainte-Agathe-en-Donzy, Tarare and Violay.
Getting here
For driving distances to Joux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Joux