Sain-Bel travel guide
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Visit Sain-Bel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sain-Bel is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 19 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Sain-Bel is 379 km from Paris and 606 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Eveux at 2 km from Sain-Bel
Popular places to visit near Sain-Bel: these include Eveux at 2 km and Bagnols at 12 km.
Ecully is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 14km and Oingt is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Sain-Bel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sain-Bel
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sain-Bel.
Note that all distances from Sain-Bel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sain-Bel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sain-Bel (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 Sain-Bel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (17km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (20km) : Parc de Gerland (20km) : Parc du château de Laye (30km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (16km) : Perouges (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (19km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (31km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ecully (14km) : Saint-Galmier (33km) : Chaponnay (33km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (44km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (20km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (38km) : Saint-Etienne (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (20km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Sain-Bel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sain-Bel
Canton: Arbresle
Arrondissement: Lyon
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69210
Distance to Sain-Bel
from Lyon: 19 km
from Paris: 379 km
from Calais: 606 km
from Nice: 315 km
from Bordeaux: 419 km
from Strasbourg: 390 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sain-Bel): Bessenay, Bibost, Bully, Chevinay, Eveux, Fleurieux-sur-l'Arbresle, Lentilly, Nuelles, Pollionnay, Saint-Germain-sur-l'Arbresle, Saint-Pierre-la-Palud, Saint-Romain-de-Popey, Savigny and Sourcieux-les-Mines.
Getting here
For driving distances to Sain-Bel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sain-Bel