Laives travel guide
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Visit Laives: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Laives is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 38 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Laives is 308 km from Paris and 526 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Tournus at 10 km from Laives
Popular places to visit near Laives: these include Tournus at 10 km and Brancion at 12 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 11km. 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 Laives, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Laives
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 Laives.
Note that all distances from Laives shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Laives holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Laives (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 Laives and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Digoine (48km) : Parc et jardins du château de Sully (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (25km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (27km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (29km) : Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (33km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Macon (38km) : Beaune (43km) : Vonnas (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chalon-sur-Saone (16km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Laives & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Laives
Canton: Sennecey-le-Grand
Arrondissement: Chalon-sur-Saône
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71240
Distance to Laives
from Macon: 38 km
from Paris: 308 km
from Calais: 526 km
from Nice: 378 km
from Bordeaux: 465 km
from Strasbourg: 307 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 Laives): Beaumont-sur-Grosne, Boyer, Etrigny, Jugy, La Chapelle-de-Bragny, Lalheue, Montceaux-Ragny, Nanton, Saint-Ambreuil, Saint-Cyr and Sennecey-le-Grand.
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 Laives from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Laives