Murs-et-Gelignieux travel guide
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Visit Murs-et-Gelignieux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Murs-et-Gelignieux is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 71 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Murs-et-Gelignieux is 436 km from Paris and 654 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Belley at 14 km from Murs-et-Gelignieux
Popular places to visit near Murs-et-Gelignieux: these include Belley at 14 km and Aix-les-Bains at 20 km.
Nances is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 12km and Les jardins du Prieuré is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km. 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 Murs-et-Gelignieux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Murs-et-Gelignieux
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Murs-et-Gelignieux.
Note that all distances from Murs-et-Gelignieux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Murs-et-Gelignieux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Murs-et-Gelignieux (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 Murs-et-Gelignieux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du Prieuré (15km) : Parc du château du Touvet (39km) : Jardin du musée Hébert (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nances (12km) : Morestel (15km) : Aix-les-Bains (20km) : Saint-Vulbas (36km) : Annecy (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chambery (22km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Murs-et-Gelignieux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Murs-et-Gélignieux
Canton: Belley
Arrondissement: Belley
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01300
Distance to Murs-et-Gelignieux
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 71 km
from Paris: 436 km
from Calais: 654 km
from Nice: 250 km
from Bordeaux: 496 km
from Strasbourg: 363 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Murs-et-Gelignieux): Aoste, Bregnier-Cordon, Champagneux, Granieu, Gresin, Izieu, Loisieux, Peyrieu, Premeyzel, Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers, Saint-Maurice-de-Rotherens and Sainte-Marie-d'Alvey.
Getting here
For driving distances to Murs-et-Gelignieux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Murs-et-Gelignieux