Valeins travel guide
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Visit Valeins: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Valeins is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 29 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Valeins is 359 km from Paris and 582 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Belleville at 9 km from Valeins
Popular places to visit near Valeins: these include Belleville at 9 km and Dombes at 16 km.
Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 7km and Parc du château de Laye is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km. 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 Valeins, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Valeins
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Valeins.
Note that all distances from Valeins shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Valeins holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Valeins (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 Valeins and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Laye (13km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (23km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (37km) : Parc de Gerland (39km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (42km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (48km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (29km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (29km) : Perouges (33km) :
- Religious monuments: Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (37km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (39km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (39km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (39km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (7km) : Vonnas (15km) : Macon (21km) : Ecully (38km) : Saint-Vulbas (45km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (20km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (24km) :
Map of places to visit near Valeins & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Valeins
Canton: Thoissey
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01140
Distance to Valeins
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 29 km
from Paris: 359 km
from Calais: 582 km
from Nice: 328 km
from Bordeaux: 448 km
from Strasbourg: 350 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Valeins): Baneins, Chaneins, Dompierre-sur-Chalaronne, Mogneneins, Montceaux, Peyzieux-sur-Saone, Relevant, Saint-Etienne-sur-Chalaronne and Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans.
Getting here
For driving distances to Valeins from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Valeins