Lesme travel guide
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Visit Lesme: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lesme is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 94 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Lesme is 265 km from Paris and 496 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Moulins at 31 km from Lesme
Popular places to visit near Lesme: these include Moulins at 31 km and Paray-le-Monial at 39 km.
Moulins is a listed 'town of art and history' at 31km and Arboretum de Balaine is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 36km. 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 Lesme, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lesme
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 Lesme.
Note that all distances from Lesme shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lesme holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lesme (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 Lesme and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum de Balaine (36km) : Jardin du château de Limanton (37km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (40km) : Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (44km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (38km) : Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (39km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (43km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) (47km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Moulins (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (46km) :
- Grand Site of France: Bibracte-Mont Beuvray (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Lesme & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lesme
Canton: Bourbon-Lancy
Arrondissement: Charolles
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71140
Distance to Lesme
from Macon: 94 km
from Paris: 265 km
from Calais: 496 km
from Nice: 431 km
from Bordeaux: 390 km
from Strasbourg: 370 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 Lesme): Bourbon-Lancy, Garnat-sur-Engievre, Saint-Martin-Des-Lais and Vitry-sur-Loire.
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 Lesme from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lesme