Joyeux travel guide
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Visit Joyeux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Joyeux is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 29 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Joyeux is 382 km from Paris and 604 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Dombes at 9 km from Joyeux
Popular places to visit near Joyeux: these include Dombes at 9 km and Perouges at 9 km.
Perouges is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 9km and Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 21km. 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 Joyeux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Joyeux
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Joyeux.
Note that all distances from Joyeux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Joyeux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Joyeux (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 Joyeux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de la Tête d'Or (28km) : Parc de Gerland (30km) : Parc du château de Laye (31km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (32km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (29km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (9km) : Oingt (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (30km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (21km) : Saint-Vulbas (21km) : Vonnas (29km) : Ecully (32km) : Chaponnay (39km) : Morestel (43km) : Macon (43km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (30km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (25km) : Cremieu (29km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Joyeux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Joyeux
Canton: Meximieux
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01800
Distance to Joyeux
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 29 km
from Paris: 382 km
from Calais: 604 km
from Nice: 304 km
from Bordeaux: 460 km
from Strasbourg: 354 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Joyeux): Birieux, Chalamont, Le Montellier, Saint-Eloi and Versailleux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Joyeux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Joyeux