Saint-Julien travel guide
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Visit Saint-Julien: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Julien is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 32 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Julien is 359 km from Paris and 585 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Theize at 10 km from Saint-Julien
Popular places to visit near Saint-Julien: these include Theize at 10 km and Oingt at 10 km.
Parc du château de Laye is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km and Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Saint-Julien: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Julien, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-JulienSee France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Julien.
Note that all distances from Saint-Julien shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Julien holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Julien (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-Julien and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Laye (7km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (9km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (31km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (32km) : Parc de Gerland (33km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (41km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (48km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (10km) : Perouges (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (33km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (33km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (36km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (41km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (43km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (44km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (47km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (26km) : Ecully (30km) : Macon (33km) : Vonnas (34km) : Chaponnay (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (33km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (13km) : Charlieu (40km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (46km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Julien & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Julien
Canton: Gleizé
Arrondissement: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69640
Distance to Saint-Julien
from Lyon: 32 km
from Paris: 359 km
from Calais: 585 km
from Nice: 331 km
from Bordeaux: 429 km
from Strasbourg: 368 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Julien): Arnas, Blace, Cogny, Denice, Gleize, Lacenas, Le Perreon, Limas, Montmelas-Saint-Sorlin, Rivolet, Saint-Etienne-Des-Oullieres, Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne, Saint-Georges-de-Reneins, Vaux-en-Beaujolais and Villefranche-sur-Saone.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Julien from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Julien
