Marennes travel guide
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Visit Marennes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Marennes is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 17 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Marennes is 409 km from Paris and 634 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vienne at 11 km from Marennes
Popular places to visit near Marennes: these include Vienne at 11 km and Lyon at 17 km.
Chaponnay is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 2km and Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km. 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 Marennes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Marennes
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Marennes.
Note that all distances from Marennes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Marennes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Marennes (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 Rhone 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 Marennes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (17km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (18km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (38km) : Oingt (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (7km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (16km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (17km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chaponnay (2km) : Ecully (20km) : Saint-Vulbas (37km) : Morestel (44km) : Saint-Galmier (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (17km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (11km) : Saint-Etienne (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (29km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (35km) : Trevoux (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Marennes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Marennes
Canton: Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon
Arrondissement: Lyon
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69970
Distance to Marennes
from Lyon: 17 km
from Paris: 409 km
from Calais: 634 km
from Nice: 283 km
from Bordeaux: 438 km
from Strasbourg: 393 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Marennes): Chaponnay, Chuzelles, Corbas, Feyzin, Luzinay, Mions, Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon, Simandres, Solaize and Villette-de-Vienne.
Getting here
For driving distances to Marennes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Marennes