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Visit Ranchal: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ranchal is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 52 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Ranchal is 340 km from Paris and 568 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Oingt at 24 km from Ranchal
Popular places to visit near Ranchal: these include Oingt at 24 km and Theize at 27 km.
Le jardin de Zéphyr is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km and Charlieu is a listed 'recommended detour' at 18km. 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 Ranchal, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ranchal
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ranchal.
Note that all distances from Ranchal shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ranchal holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ranchal (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 Rhone 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 Ranchal and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le jardin de Zéphyr (12km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (21km) : Parc du château de Laye (26km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (27km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (30km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (30km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (24km) : Semur-en-Brionnais (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (18km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (28km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (33km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (34km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Macon (38km) : Paray-le-Monial (42km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (43km) : Vonnas (47km) : Ecully (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (18km) : Trevoux (36km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Ranchal & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ranchal
Canton: Lamure-sur-Azergues
Arrondissement: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69470
Distance to Ranchal
from Lyon: 52 km
from Paris: 340 km
from Calais: 568 km
from Nice: 352 km
from Bordeaux: 414 km
from Strasbourg: 372 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ranchal): Belleroche, Belmont-de-la-Loire, Poule-les-Echarmeaux, Saint-Bonnet-le-Troncy, Saint-Nizier-d'Azergues, Saint-Vincent-de-Reins and Thel.
Getting here
For driving distances to Ranchal from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ranchal