Tencin travel guide
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Visit Tencin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Tencin is situated in the Isere department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 23 km from Grenoble, the department capital. (General information: Tencin is 480 km from Paris and 697 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Les-7-Laux at 3 km from Tencin
Popular places to visit near Tencin: these include Les-7-Laux at 3 km and Grenoble at 22 km.
Parc du château du Touvet is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km and Chartreuse is a listed 'regional natural parc' 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 Tencin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Tencin
See France This Way travel guides for Isere and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Tencin.
Note that all distances from Tencin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Tencin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Tencin (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 Tencin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château du Touvet (6km) : Jardin du musée Hébert (20km) : Parc du château de Vizille (30km) : Les jardins du Prieuré (38km) : Jardin alpin du Lautaret (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Grave (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nances (34km) : Saint-Gervais (39km) : Aix-les-Bains (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grenoble (22km) : Chambery (29km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Tencin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tencin
Canton: Goncelin
Arrondissement: Grenoble
Department: Isere
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 38570
Distance to Tencin
from Grenoble: 23 km
from Paris: 480 km
from Calais: 697 km
from Nice: 207 km
from Bordeaux: 515 km
from Strasbourg: 389 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 Tencin): Froges, Goncelin, Hurtieres, La Pierre, La Terrasse, Le Champ-Pres-Froges, Le Touvet, Les Adrets, Lumbin, Saint-Bernard, Saint-Hilaire and Theys.
Getting here
For driving distances to Tencin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Tencin