La Roche-sur-Foron travel guide
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Visit La Roche-sur-Foron: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Roche-sur-Foron is situated in the Haute-Savoie department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 23 km from Annecy, the department capital. (General information: La Roche-sur-Foron is 430 km from Paris and 634 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Clusaz at 20 km from La Roche-sur-Foron
Popular places to visit near La Roche-sur-Foron: these include La Clusaz at 20 km and Lake Annecy at 23 km.
Mole is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 12km and Cascade de la Diomaz is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 21km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for La Roche-sur-Foron: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near La Roche-sur-Foron, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Roche-sur-Foron
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Roche-sur-Foron.
Note that all distances from La Roche-sur-Foron shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Roche-sur-Foron holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Roche-sur-Foron (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 Haute-Savoie 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 Roche-sur-Foron and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin botanique alpin La Ja˙sinia (32km) : Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (34km) : Jardin d'eau de pré curieux (41km) :
- National Monuments: Voltaire Chateau (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Annecy (23km) : Megeve (33km) : Yvoire (34km) : Evian-les-Bains (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Albertville (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sallanches (29km) :
- Grand Site of France: Cirque de Sixt Fer a Cheval (41km) :
Map of places to visit near La Roche-sur-Foron & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Roche-sur-Foron
Canton: Roche-sur-Foron
Arrondissement: Bonneville
Department: Haute-Savoie
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 74800
Distance to La Roche-sur-Foron
from Annecy: 23 km
from Paris: 430 km
from Calais: 634 km
from Nice: 273 km
from Bordeaux: 554 km
from Strasbourg: 300 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Roche-sur-Foron): Amancy, Arenthon, Cornier, Etaux, Faucigny, La Chapelle-Rambaud, Pers-Jussy, Saint-Laurent, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, Saint-Sixt and Scientrier.
Getting here
For driving distances to La Roche-sur-Foron from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Roche-sur-Foron