Vaulx-en-Velin travel guide
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Visit Vaulx-en-Velin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vaulx-en-Velin is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 6 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Vaulx-en-Velin is 393 km from Paris and 618 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lyon at 6 km from Vaulx-en-Velin
Popular places to visit near Vaulx-en-Velin: these include Lyon at 6 km and Trevoux at 21 km.
Parc de la Tête d'Or is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km and Parc de Gerland is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Vaulx-en-Velin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vaulx-en-Velin
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vaulx-en-Velin.
Note that all distances from Vaulx-en-Velin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vaulx-en-Velin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vaulx-en-Velin (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 Vaulx-en-Velin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de la Tête d'Or (5km) : Parc de Gerland (6km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (26km) : Parc du château de Laye (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (24km) : Oingt (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (6km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (8km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (23km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ecully (11km) : Chaponnay (17km) : Saint-Vulbas (29km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (38km) : Morestel (44km) : Vonnas (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (6km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (28km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (21km) : Cremieu (26km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Vaulx-en-Velin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vaulx-en-Velin
Canton: Vaulx-en-Velin
Arrondissement: Lyon
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69120
Distance to Vaulx-en-Velin
from Lyon: 6 km
from Paris: 393 km
from Calais: 618 km
from Nice: 296 km
from Bordeaux: 442 km
from Strasbourg: 378 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 Vaulx-en-Velin): Bron, Caluire-et-Cuire, Chassieu, Decines-Charpieu, Miribel, Neyron, Rillieux-la-Pape, Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost, Sathonay-Camp, Sathonay-Village and Villeurbanne.
Getting here
For driving distances to Vaulx-en-Velin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vaulx-en-Velin