Saint-Jean-le-Vieux travel guide
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Visit Saint-Jean-le-Vieux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Jean-le-Vieux is situated in the Isere department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 12 km from Grenoble, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Jean-le-Vieux is 486 km from Paris and 705 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Grenoble at 12 km from Saint-Jean-le-Vieux
Popular places to visit near Saint-Jean-le-Vieux: these include Grenoble at 12 km and Les-7-Laux at 14 km.
Jardin du musée Hébert is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Grenoble is a listed 'town of art and history' at 12km. 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 Saint-Jean-le-Vieux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Jean-le-Vieux
See France This Way travel guides for Isere and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Jean-le-Vieux.
Note that all distances from Saint-Jean-le-Vieux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Jean-le-Vieux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Jean-le-Vieux (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 Isere 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-Jean-le-Vieux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du musée Hébert (11km) : Parc du château de Vizille (17km) : Parc du château du Touvet (17km) : Jardin alpin du Lautaret (40km) : Les jardins du Prieuré (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Grave (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Gervais (31km) : Nances (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grenoble (12km) : Chambery (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Jean-le-Vieux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Jean-le-Vieux
Canton: Domène
Arrondissement: Grenoble
Department: Isere
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 38420
Distance to Saint-Jean-le-Vieux
from Grenoble: 12 km
from Paris: 486 km
from Calais: 705 km
from Nice: 201 km
from Bordeaux: 509 km
from Strasbourg: 401 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Jean-le-Vieux): Biviers, Domene, La Combe-de-Lancey, Laval, Isere, Le Versoud, Murianette, Revel, Saint-Ismier, Saint-Mury-Monteymond, Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes, Sainte-Agnes, Venon and Villard-Bonnot.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Jean-le-Vieux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Jean-le-Vieux