Messimy travel guide
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Visit Messimy: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Messimy is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 15 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Messimy is 393 km from Paris and 620 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Eveux at 14 km from Messimy
Popular places to visit near Messimy: these include Eveux at 14 km and Lyon at 15 km.
Ecully is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 12km and Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. 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 Messimy, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Messimy
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Messimy.
Note that all distances from Messimy shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Messimy holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Messimy (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 Messimy and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (15km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (17km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (28km) : Parc du château de Laye (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (29km) : Perouges (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (13km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (18km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ecully (12km) : Chaponnay (22km) : Saint-Galmier (30km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (15km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (25km) : Saint-Etienne (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (18km) : Trevoux (28km) : Cremieu (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Messimy & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Messimy
Canton: Vaugneray
Arrondissement: Lyon
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69510
Distance to Messimy
from Lyon: 15 km
from Paris: 393 km
from Calais: 620 km
from Nice: 302 km
from Bordeaux: 422 km
from Strasbourg: 396 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 Messimy): Brindas, Chaponost, Craponne, Grezieu-la-Varenne, Orlienas, Rontalon, Saint-Laurent-de-Vaux, Soucieu-en-Jarrest, Thurins and Vaugneray.
Getting here
For driving distances to Messimy from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Messimy