Saint-Nizier-le-Desert travel guide
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Visit Saint-Nizier-le-Desert: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Nizier-le-Desert is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 18 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Nizier-le-Desert is 376 km from Paris and 596 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Dombes at 13 km from Saint-Nizier-le-Desert
Popular places to visit near Saint-Nizier-le-Desert: these include Dombes at 13 km and Perouges at 17 km.
Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 16km and Perouges is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 17km. 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-Nizier-le-Desert, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Nizier-le-Desert
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-Nizier-le-Desert.
Note that all distances from Saint-Nizier-le-Desert shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Nizier-le-Desert holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Nizier-le-Desert (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-Nizier-le-Desert and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Laye (33km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (38km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (38km) : Parc de Gerland (40km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (18km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (17km) : Oingt (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (40km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (42km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (16km) : Vonnas (22km) : Saint-Vulbas (27km) : Macon (37km) : Ecully (42km) : Morestel (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (31km) : Cremieu (37km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Nizier-le-Desert & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Nizier-le-Désert
Canton: Chalamont
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01320
Distance to Saint-Nizier-le-Desert
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 18 km
from Paris: 376 km
from Calais: 596 km
from Nice: 310 km
from Bordeaux: 466 km
from Strasbourg: 343 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Nizier-le-Desert): Chatenay, Dompierre-sur-Veyle, Le Plantay and Saint-Paul-de-Varax.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Nizier-le-Desert from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Nizier-le-Desert