Valmeinier travel guide
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Visit Valmeinier: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Valmeinier is situated in the Savoie department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 61 km from Chambery, the department capital. (General information: Valmeinier is 514 km from Paris and 727 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Val Thorens at 15 km from Valmeinier
Popular places to visit near Valmeinier: these include Val Thorens at 15 km and La Grave at 20 km.
Aiguilles d'Arves is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 13km and Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne is a listed 'recommended detour' 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 Valmeinier, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Valmeinier
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Valmeinier.
Note that all distances from Valmeinier shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Valmeinier holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Valmeinier (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 Savoie 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 Valmeinier and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin alpin du Lautaret (19km) : Parc du château du Touvet (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Grave (20km) : Bonneval (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Briancon (34km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (14km) : L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (43km) :
- Grand Site of France: Vallee de la Claree (28km) :
Map of places to visit near Valmeinier & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Valmeinier
Canton: Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Department: Savoie
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 73450
Distance to Valmeinier
from Chambery: 61 km
from Paris: 514 km
from Calais: 727 km
from Nice: 176 km
from Bordeaux: 556 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 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Valmeinier): Montricher-Albanne, Orelle, Saint-Martin-d'Arc, Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne and Valloire.
Getting here
For driving distances to Valmeinier from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Valmeinier