Ruffieu travel guide
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Visit Ruffieu: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ruffieu is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 41 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Ruffieu is 404 km from Paris and 618 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Belley at 25 km from Ruffieu
Popular places to visit near Ruffieu: these include Belley at 25 km and Annecy at 37 km.
Gorges du Fier is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 30km and Saint-Vulbas is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 34km. 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 Ruffieu, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ruffieu
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ruffieu.
Note that all distances from Ruffieu shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ruffieu holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ruffieu (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 Ruffieu and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du Prieuré (41km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (41km) : Voltaire Chateau (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Vulbas (34km) : Annecy (37km) : Aix-les-Bains (39km) : Morestel (39km) : Nances (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Ruffieu & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ruffieu
Canton: Champagne-en-Valromey
Arrondissement: Belley
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01260
Distance to Ruffieu
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 41 km
from Paris: 404 km
from Calais: 618 km
from Nice: 284 km
from Bordeaux: 504 km
from Strasbourg: 328 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ruffieu): Brenaz, Champdor, Cormaranche-en-Bugey, Hauteville-Lompnes, Hotonnes, Le Grand-Abergement, Le Petit-Abergement, Lompnieu, Songieu and Sutrieu.
Getting here
For driving distances to Ruffieu from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ruffieu