Velanne travel guide
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Visit Velanne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Velanne is situated in the Isere department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 36 km from Grenoble, the department capital. (General information: Velanne is 450 km from Paris and 669 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chambery at 24 km from Velanne
Popular places to visit near Velanne: these include Chambery at 24 km and Aix-les-Bains at 30 km.
Nances is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 16km and Chartreuse is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 16km. 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 Velanne, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Velanne
See France This Way travel guides for Isere and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Velanne.
Note that all distances from Velanne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Velanne holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Velanne (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 Velanne and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du Prieuré (24km) : Parc du château du Touvet (28km) : Jardin du musée Hébert (32km) : Parc du château de Vizille (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nances (16km) : Morestel (25km) : Aix-les-Bains (30km) : Saint-Gervais (34km) : Saint-Vulbas (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chambery (24km) : Grenoble (34km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Velanne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Velanne
Canton: Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine
Arrondissement: Tour-du-Pin
Department: Isere
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 38620
Distance to Velanne
from Grenoble: 36 km
from Paris: 450 km
from Calais: 669 km
from Nice: 236 km
from Bordeaux: 493 km
from Strasbourg: 379 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Velanne): Charancieu, Domessin, La Batie-Divisin, Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Les Abrets, Massieu, Merlas, Montferrat, Pressins, Saint-Albin-de-Vaulserre, Saint-Bueil, Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine, Saint-Jean-d'Avelanne, Saint-Martin-de-Vaulserre, Saint-Sulpice-Des-Rivoires and Voissant.
Getting here
For driving distances to Velanne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Velanne