Lion-en-Beauce travel guide
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Visit Lion-en-Beauce: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lion-en-Beauce is situated in the Loiret department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 26 km from Orleans, the department capital. (General information: Lion-en-Beauce is 86 km from Paris and 313 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Orleans at 26 km from Lion-en-Beauce
Popular places to visit near Lion-en-Beauce: these include Orleans at 26 km and Yevre-le-Chatel at 30 km.
Moutiers is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 21km and Fleury-les-Aubrais is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 23km. 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 Lion-en-Beauce, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lion-en-Beauce
See France This Way travel guides for Loiret and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lion-en-Beauce.
Note that all distances from Lion-en-Beauce shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lion-en-Beauce holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lion-en-Beauce (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 Loiret 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 Lion-en-Beauce and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum des grandes bruyères (26km) : Parc Floral de la Source (32km) : Les prés-Culand (38km) : Parc de Chamarande (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Boiscommun) (35km) : Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Basile (Etampes) (37km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Etampes) (37km) : Abbaye de Saint Benoît sur Loire (Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey) (45km) : Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Moutiers (21km) : Fleury-les-Aubrais (23km) : Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (25km) : Olivet (30km) : Saint-Cyr-en-Val (34km) : Quiers-sur-Bezonde (40km) : Chartres (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Chartres Cathedral (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orleans (26km) : Etampes (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Beaugency (45km) : Chateaudun (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Lion-en-Beauce & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lion-en-Beauce
Canton: Artenay
Arrondissement: Orléans
Department: Loiret
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 45410
Distance to Lion-en-Beauce
from Orleans: 26 km
from Paris: 86 km
from Calais: 313 km
from Nice: 642 km
from Bordeaux: 414 km
from Strasbourg: 432 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 Lion-en-Beauce): Artenay, Ascheres-le-Marche, Chaussy, Dambron, Oison, Poinville, Ruan, Santilly, Tivernon and Trinay.
Getting here
Loiret is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will either fly into one of the airports in Paris (Orly / Charles de Gaulle) or come via a ferry from the UK to a port such as Le Havre and Caen, 3-4 hours drive from here. For driving distances to Lion-en-Beauce from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lion-en-Beauce