Valencin travel guide
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Visit Valencin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Valencin is situated in the Isere department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 75 km from Grenoble, the department capital. (General information: Valencin is 413 km from Paris and 638 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vienne at 14 km from Valencin
Popular places to visit near Valencin: these include Vienne at 14 km and Lyon at 21 km.
Chaponnay is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 6km and Vienne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 14km. 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 Valencin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Valencin
See France This Way travel guides for Isere and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Valencin.
Note that all distances from Valencin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Valencin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Valencin (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 Valencin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (21km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (22km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (14km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (21km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (21km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chaponnay (6km) : Ecully (26km) : Saint-Vulbas (32km) : Morestel (36km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (21km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (14km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (22km) : Trevoux (41km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Valencin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Valencin
Canton: Heyrieux
Arrondissement: Vienne
Department: Isere
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 38540
Distance to Valencin
from Grenoble: 75 km
from Paris: 413 km
from Calais: 638 km
from Nice: 277 km
from Bordeaux: 446 km
from Strasbourg: 390 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Valencin): Grenay, Heyrieux, Luzinay, Mions, Oytier-Saint-Oblas, Saint-Just-Chaleyssin, Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu and Toussieu.
Getting here
For driving distances to Valencin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Valencin