Pont-de-Vaux travel guide
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Visit Pont-de-Vaux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pont-de-Vaux is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 33 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Pont-de-Vaux is 332 km from Paris and 551 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Tournus at 15 km from Pont-de-Vaux
Popular places to visit near Pont-de-Vaux: these include Tournus at 15 km and Brancion at 15 km.
Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km and Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km. 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 Pont-de-Vaux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pont-de-Vaux
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pont-de-Vaux.
Note that all distances from Pont-de-Vaux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pont-de-Vaux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pont-de-Vaux (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 Pont-de-Vaux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Laye (44km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (49km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (17km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (19km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (21km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (42km) : Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Macon (17km) : Vonnas (24km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chalon-sur-Saone (39km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Pont-de-Vaux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pont-de-Vaux
Canton: Pont-de-Vaux
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01190
Distance to Pont-de-Vaux
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 33 km
from Paris: 332 km
from Calais: 551 km
from Nice: 354 km
from Bordeaux: 464 km
from Strasbourg: 319 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pont-de-Vaux): Arbigny, Asnieres-sur-Saone, Boissey, Boz, Chavannes-sur-Reyssouze, Chevroux, Fleurville, Gorrevod, La Salle, Montbellet, Ozan, Reyssouze, Saint-Albain, Saint-Benigne, Saint-Etienne-sur-Reyssouze and Senozan.
Getting here
For driving distances to Pont-de-Vaux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pont-de-Vaux