Parnans travel guide
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Visit Parnans: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Parnans is situated in the Drome department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the south-east of France at 28 km from Valence, the department capital. (General information: Parnans is 467 km from Paris and 694 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye at 9 km from Parnans
Popular places to visit near Parnans: these include Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye at 9 km and Romans-sur-Isere at 10 km.
Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 9km and Grottes de Choranche is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 20km. 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 Parnans, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Parnans
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Parnans.
Note that all distances from Parnans shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Parnans holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Parnans (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 Drome 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 Parnans and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin japonais (20km) : Parc Jouvet (28km) : Jardin du musée Hébert (48km) : Parc du château de Vizille (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (9km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint-Apollinaire (Valence) (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Montelier (21km) : Saint-Gervais (28km) : Valence (28km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grenoble (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Crest (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Parnans & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Parnans
Canton: Romans-sur-Isère 2e Canton
Arrondissement: Valence
Department: Drome
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 26750
Distance to Parnans
from Valence: 28 km
from Paris: 467 km
from Calais: 694 km
from Nice: 230 km
from Bordeaux: 451 km
from Strasbourg: 434 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Parnans): Chatillon-Saint-Jean, Eymeux, Genissieux, Geyssans, Le Chalon, Montagne, Montmiral, Saint-Lattier, Saint-Michel-sur-Savasse, Saint-Paul-les-Romans and Triors.
Getting here
For driving distances to Parnans from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Parnans