Messimy-sur-Saone travel guide
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Visit Messimy-sur-Saone: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Messimy-sur-Saone is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 40 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Messimy-sur-Saone is 361 km from Paris and 586 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Belleville at 7 km from Messimy-sur-Saone
Popular places to visit near Messimy-sur-Saone: these include Belleville at 7 km and Trevoux at 12 km.
Parc du château de Laye is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 4km and Trevoux is a listed 'recommended detour' at 12km. 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 Messimy-sur-Saone, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Messimy-sur-Saone
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Messimy-sur-Saone.
Note that all distances from Messimy-sur-Saone shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Messimy-sur-Saone holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Messimy-sur-Saone (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 Ain 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-sur-Saone and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Laye (4km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (13km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (31km) : Parc de Gerland (33km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (37km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (45km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (18km) : Perouges (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (33km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (33km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (40km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (43km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (44km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (17km) : Vonnas (26km) : Macon (28km) : Ecully (30km) : Saint-Vulbas (47km) : Chaponnay (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (33km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (12km) : Charlieu (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (28km) :
Map of places to visit near Messimy-sur-Saone & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Messimy-sur-Saône
Canton: Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01480
Distance to Messimy-sur-Saone
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 40 km
from Paris: 361 km
from Calais: 586 km
from Nice: 327 km
from Bordeaux: 438 km
from Strasbourg: 361 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-sur-Saone): Arnas, Ars-sur-Formans, Beauregard, Chaleins, Fareins, Lurcy, Montceaux, Montmerle-sur-Saone, Saint-Georges-de-Reneins and Villeneuve.
Getting here
For driving distances to Messimy-sur-Saone from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Messimy-sur-Saone