La Balme-les-Grottes travel guide
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Visit La Balme-les-Grottes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Balme-les-Grottes is situated in the Isere department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 82 km from Grenoble, the department capital. (General information: La Balme-les-Grottes is 403 km from Paris and 622 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Perouges at 14 km from La Balme-les-Grottes
Popular places to visit near La Balme-les-Grottes: these include Perouges at 14 km and Cremieu at 15 km.
Saint-Vulbas is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 4km and Perouges is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 14km. 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 La Balme-les-Grottes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Balme-les-Grottes
See France This Way travel guides for Isere and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Balme-les-Grottes.
Note that all distances from La Balme-les-Grottes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Balme-les-Grottes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Balme-les-Grottes (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 Isere 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 La Balme-les-Grottes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de la Tête d'Or (38km) : Parc de Gerland (40km) : Les jardins du Prieuré (46km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (14km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (40km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Vulbas (4km) : Morestel (22km) : Chaponnay (40km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (42km) : Ecully (44km) : Nances (46km) : Aix-les-Bains (48km) : Vonnas (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (15km) : Trevoux (45km) :
Map of places to visit near La Balme-les-Grottes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Balme-les-Grottes
Canton: Crémieu
Arrondissement: Tour-du-Pin
Department: Isere
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 38390
Distance to La Balme-les-Grottes
from Grenoble: 82 km
from Paris: 403 km
from Calais: 622 km
from Nice: 283 km
from Bordeaux: 475 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 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Balme-les-Grottes): Charette, Hieres-sur-Amby, Montalieu-Vercieu, Parmilieu, Porcieu-Amblagnieu, Saint-Sorlin-en-Bugey, Saint-Vulbas, Sainte-Julie and Vertrieu.
Getting here
For driving distances to La Balme-les-Grottes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Balme-les-Grottes