Saint-Fons travel guide
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Visit Saint-Fons: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Fons is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 7 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Fons is 398 km from Paris and 623 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lyon at 6 km from Saint-Fons
Popular places to visit near Saint-Fons: these include Lyon at 6 km and Vienne at 21 km.
Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Parc de Gerland is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Saint-Fons: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Fons, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Fons
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Fons.
Note that all distances from Saint-Fons shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Fons holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Fons (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 Saint-Fons and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (6km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (8km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (29km) : Parc du château de Laye (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (33km) : Oingt (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (5km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (6km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (14km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ecully (9km) : Chaponnay (11km) : Saint-Vulbas (36km) : Saint-Galmier (44km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (46km) : Morestel (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (6km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (21km) : Saint-Etienne (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (27km) : Cremieu (31km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (32km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Fons & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Fons
Canton: Saint-Fons
Arrondissement: Lyon
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69190
Distance to Saint-Fons
from Lyon: 7 km
from Paris: 398 km
from Calais: 623 km
from Nice: 294 km
from Bordeaux: 436 km
from Strasbourg: 387 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 Saint-Fons): Bron, Corbas, Feyzin, Irigny, La Mulatiere, Oullins, Pierre-Benite, Saint-Genis-Laval, Sainte-Foy-les-Lyon and Venissieux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Fons from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Fons