Saint-Alban travel guide
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Visit Saint-Alban: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Alban is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 21 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Alban is 385 km from Paris and 601 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bourg-en-Bresse at 21 km from Saint-Alban
Popular places to visit near Saint-Alban: these include Bourg-en-Bresse at 21 km and Perouges at 30 km.
Brou Royal Monastery is a listed 'national monument' at 21km and Perouges is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 30km. 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 Saint-Alban, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Alban
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Alban.
Note that all distances from Saint-Alban shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Alban holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Alban (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 Saint-Alban and wondering what to do next!
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (21km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (30km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Vulbas (32km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (38km) : Vonnas (38km) : Morestel (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Alban & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Alban
Canton: Poncin
Arrondissement: Nantua
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01450
Distance to Saint-Alban
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 21 km
from Paris: 385 km
from Calais: 601 km
from Nice: 302 km
from Bordeaux: 490 km
from Strasbourg: 326 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Alban): Bohas-Meyriat-Rignat, Ceignes, Cerdon, Challes, Labalme, Merignat, Poncin and Vieu-d'Izenave.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Alban from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Alban