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Visit Macon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Macon is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Saone-et-Loire department. (General information: Macon is 340 km from Paris and 561 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Macon (page also includes a photo gallery for Macon)
Popular places to visit near Macon: these include Macon at 1 km and Solutre-Pouilly at 8 km.
Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson is a listed 'grand site of france' at 8km and Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Macon: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Macon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Macon
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 Macon.
Note that all distances from Macon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Macon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Macon (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 Macon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Laye (28km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (37km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (40km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (41km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (49km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (20km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (20km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (29km) : Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vonnas (16km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (22km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (40km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (8km) :
Map of places to visit near Macon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mâcon
Canton: Mâcon
Arrondissement: Mâcon
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71870
Distance to Macon
from Macon: 0 km
from Paris: 340 km
from Calais: 561 km
from Nice: 347 km
from Bordeaux: 451 km
from Strasbourg: 336 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Macon): Chaintre, Chanes, Charnay-les-Macon, Creches-sur-Saone, Crottet, Feillens, Grieges, Hurigny, Pont-de-Veyle, Replonges, Saint-Laurent-sur-Saone, Sance, Varennes-les-Macon and Vinzelles.
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 Macon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Macon