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Visit Romans: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Romans is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 18 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Romans is 365 km from Paris and 586 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Dombes at 13 km from Romans
Popular places to visit near Romans: these include Dombes at 13 km and Bourg-en-Bresse at 18 km.
Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 5km and Vonnas is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 11km. 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 Romans, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Romans
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Romans.
Note that all distances from Romans shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Romans holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Romans (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 Romans and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Laye (24km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (32km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (40km) : Parc de Gerland (42km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (18km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (27km) : Oingt (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (35km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (42km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (43km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (45km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (5km) : Vonnas (11km) : Macon (25km) : Saint-Vulbas (38km) : Ecully (43km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (28km) : Cremieu (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Romans & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Romans
Canton: Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01400
Distance to Romans
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 18 km
from Paris: 365 km
from Calais: 586 km
from Nice: 321 km
from Bordeaux: 459 km
from Strasbourg: 342 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Romans): Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne, Condeissiat, La Chapelle-du-Chatelard, Marlieux, Neuville-les-Dames, Relevant, Saint-Andre-le-Bouchoux, Saint-Georges-sur-Renon and Saint-Germain-sur-Renon.
Getting here
For driving distances to Romans from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Romans