La Motte-Saint-Jean travel guide
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Visit La Motte-Saint-Jean: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Motte-Saint-Jean is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 70 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: La Motte-Saint-Jean is 289 km from Paris and 519 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Paray-le-Monial at 13 km from La Motte-Saint-Jean
Popular places to visit near La Motte-Saint-Jean: these include Paray-le-Monial at 13 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 21 km.
Paray-le-Monial is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 13km and Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. 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 Motte-Saint-Jean, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Motte-Saint-Jean
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 Motte-Saint-Jean.
Note that all distances from La Motte-Saint-Jean shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Motte-Saint-Jean holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Motte-Saint-Jean (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 Motte-Saint-Jean and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Digoine (20km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (23km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (26km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (34km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (27km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (17km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (18km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (21km) : Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (23km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (13km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Moulins (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (37km) : Charlieu (40km) :
- Grand Site of France: Bibracte-Mont Beuvray (48km) :
Map of places to visit near La Motte-Saint-Jean & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Motte-Saint-Jean
Canton: Digoin
Arrondissement: Charolles
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71160
Distance to La Motte-Saint-Jean
from Macon: 70 km
from Paris: 289 km
from Calais: 519 km
from Nice: 404 km
from Bordeaux: 398 km
from Strasbourg: 367 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Motte-Saint-Jean): Digoin, Les Guerreaux, Molinet and Rigny-sur-Arroux.
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 Motte-Saint-Jean from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Motte-Saint-Jean