Penol travel guide
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Visit Penol: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Penol is situated in the Isere department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 49 km from Grenoble, the department capital. (General information: Penol is 441 km from Paris and 666 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Palais Ideal at 20 km from Penol
Popular places to visit near Penol: these include Palais Ideal at 20 km and Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye at 24 km.
Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 24km and Vienne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 29km. 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 Penol, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Penol
See France This Way travel guides for Isere and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Penol.
Note that all distances from Penol shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Penol holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Penol (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 Isere 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 Penol and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin japonais (46km) : Jardin du musée Hébert (48km) : Parc de Gerland (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (24km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (35km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (49km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Gervais (31km) : Chaponnay (33km) : Morestel (38km) : Saint-Vulbas (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (29km) : Grenoble (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Penol & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Penol
Canton: Côte-Saint-André
Arrondissement: Vienne
Department: Isere
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 38260
Distance to Penol
from Grenoble: 49 km
from Paris: 441 km
from Calais: 666 km
from Nice: 250 km
from Bordeaux: 456 km
from Strasbourg: 405 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 Penol): Arzay, Balbins, Bossieu, Commelle, Faramans, La Cote-Saint-Andre, Marcilloles, Ornacieux, Pajay, Pommier-de-Beaurepaire, Sardieu and Semons.
Getting here
For driving distances to Penol from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Penol