Taponas travel guide
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Visit Taponas: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Taponas is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 40 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Taponas is 354 km from Paris and 578 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Belleville at 2 km from Taponas
Popular places to visit near Taponas: these include Belleville at 2 km and Trevoux at 20 km.
Parc du château de Laye is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km and Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 15km. 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 Taponas, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Taponas
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Taponas.
Note that all distances from Taponas shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Taponas holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Taponas (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 Taponas and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Laye (7km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (20km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (34km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (39km) : Parc de Gerland (41km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (41km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (24km) : Perouges (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (33km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (35km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (36km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (41km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (42km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (15km) : Vonnas (20km) : Macon (20km) : Ecully (39km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (20km) : Charlieu (46km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (20km) :
Map of places to visit near Taponas & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Taponas
Canton: Belleville
Arrondissement: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69220
Distance to Taponas
from Lyon: 40 km
from Paris: 354 km
from Calais: 578 km
from Nice: 333 km
from Bordeaux: 440 km
from Strasbourg: 354 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Taponas): Belleville, Corcelles-en-Beaujolais, Drace, Genouilleux, Guereins, Lancie, Mogneneins, Montceaux, Montmerle-sur-Saone, Peyzieux-sur-Saone, Saint-Jean-d'Ardieres and Thoissey.
Getting here
For driving distances to Taponas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Taponas