Rye travel guide
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Visit Rye: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Rye is situated in the Jura department (Franche-Comte region) in the east of France at 24 km from Lons-le-Saunier, the department capital. (General information: Rye is 319 km from Paris and 523 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau-Chalon at 20 km from Rye
Popular places to visit near Rye: these include Chateau-Chalon at 20 km and Lons-le-Saunier at 24 km.
Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km and Chateau-Chalon is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 20km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Rye: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Rye, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Rye
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Rye.
Note that all distances from Rye shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rye holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Rye (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 France and Jura 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 Rye and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (15km) : Jardin à la Faulx (25km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Chateau-Chalon (20km) : Baume-les-Messieurs (25km) :
- Religious monuments: Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Beaune (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Dole (25km) : Arbois (26km) : Salins-les-Bains (35km) : Chalon-sur-Saone (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Rye & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rye
Canton: Chaumergy
Arrondissement: Dole
Department: Jura
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 39230
Distance to Rye
from Lons-le-Saunier: 24 km
from Paris: 319 km
from Calais: 523 km
from Nice: 380 km
from Bordeaux: 517 km
from Strasbourg: 258 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 18 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Rye): Beauvernois, Bellevesvre, Bois-de-Gand, Chaumergy, Chene-Bernard, Chene-Sec, Foulenay, Francheville, La Chassagne, La Chaux-en-Bresse, Le Villey, Les Deux-Fays, Les Essards-Taignevaux, Les Hays, Mouthier-en-Bresse, Pleure, Sergenaux and Sergenon.
Getting here
For driving distances to Rye from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rye