La Genete travel guide
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Visit La Genete: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Genete is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 32 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: La Genete is 326 km from Paris and 542 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Tournus at 10 km from La Genete
Popular places to visit near La Genete: these include Tournus at 10 km and Brancion at 19 km.
Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) is a listed 'religious monument' at 19km. 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 La Genete, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Genete
See France This Way travel guides for Saone-et-Loire and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Genete.
Note that all distances from La Genete shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Genete holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Genete (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 France and Saone-et-Loire 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 Genete and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (44km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Baume-les-Messieurs (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (24km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (32km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (34km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (44km) : Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Macon (32km) : Vonnas (37km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chalon-sur-Saone (29km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (37km) :
Map of places to visit near La Genete & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Genête
Canton: Cuisery
Arrondissement: Louhans
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71290
Distance to La Genete
from Macon: 32 km
from Paris: 326 km
from Calais: 542 km
from Nice: 362 km
from Bordeaux: 476 km
from Strasbourg: 304 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Genete): Brienne, Cuisery, Huilly-sur-Seille, Jouvencon, La Chapelle-Thecle, Loisy, Menetreuil, Rancy, Ratenelle and Romenay.
Getting here
Saone-et-Loire is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port - allow about 6 - 7 hours. For driving distances to La Genete from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Genete