Tarare travel guide
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Visit Tarare: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Tarare is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 35 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Tarare is 365 km from Paris and 593 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Oingt at 13 km from Tarare
Popular places to visit near Tarare: these include Oingt at 13 km and Bagnols at 14 km.
Oingt is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 13km and Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 21km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Tarare: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Tarare, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Tarare
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Tarare.
Note that all distances from Tarare shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Tarare holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Tarare (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 Tarare and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (21km) : Parc du château de Laye (29km) : Parc de Gerland (35km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (35km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (38km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (13km) : Semur-en-Brionnais (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (34km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (35km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (36km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ecully (30km) : Saint-Galmier (35km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (48km) : Chaponnay (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (27km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (29km) : Charlieu (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Tarare & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tarare
Canton: Tarare
Arrondissement: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69170
Distance to Tarare
from Lyon: 35 km
from Paris: 365 km
from Calais: 593 km
from Nice: 331 km
from Bordeaux: 408 km
from Strasbourg: 390 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Tarare): Affoux, Dareize, Joux, Les Sauvages, Pontcharra-sur-Turdine, Saint-Clement-sur-Valsonne, Saint-Forgeux, Saint-Loup, Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire, Valsonne and Violay.
Getting here
For driving distances to Tarare from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Tarare