Orelle travel guide
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Visit Orelle: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Orelle is situated in the Savoie department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 62 km from Chambery, the department capital. (General information: Orelle is 515 km from Paris and 726 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Val Thorens at 10 km from Orelle
Popular places to visit near Orelle: these include Val Thorens at 10 km and Nevache at 22 km.
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne is a listed 'recommended detour' at 16km and Aiguilles d'Arves is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Orelle: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Orelle, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Orelle
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Orelle.
Note that all distances from Orelle shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Orelle holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Orelle (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 Savoie 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 Orelle and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin alpin du Lautaret (24km) : Parc du château du Touvet (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Grave (26km) : Bonneval (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Briancon (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (16km) : L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (46km) :
- Grand Site of France: Vallee de la Claree (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Orelle & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Orelle
Canton: Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Department: Savoie
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 73140
Distance to Orelle
from Chambery: 62 km
from Paris: 515 km
from Calais: 726 km
from Nice: 177 km
from Bordeaux: 560 km
from Strasbourg: 386 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Orelle): Saint-Martin-d'Arc, Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne and Valmeinier.
Getting here
For driving distances to Orelle from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Orelle