Vernaison travel guide
Visit Vernaison: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Lyon at 13 km from Vernaison
Location: Vernaison is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 13 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Vernaison is 402 km from Paris and 629 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Vernaison: these include Lyon at 13 km and Vienne at 15 km. Aquarium de Lyon is a listed aquarium at 9 km and Chaponnay is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 10 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Vernaison, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vernaison
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vernaison.
Note that all distances from Vernaison shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vernaison holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Vernaison
- Feyzin: market every Sunday (4km)
- Brignais: market every Saturday (5km)
- Pierre-Benite: market every Wednesday & Sunday (6km)
- Oullins: market every Tuesday & Thursday (7km)
- Saint-Fons: market every Tuesday & Saturday (8km)
- Givors: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Friday (8km)
- Chaponost: market every Sunday (9km)
- La Mulatiere: market every Tuesday & Friday (9km)
- Mornant: market every Friday (11km)
- Bron: market every Tuesday & Saturday & Monday & Friday (12km)
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 Vernaison and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Vernaison map below.
Aquarium Aquarium de Lyon (9km)
Heritage Site Historic Lyon (13km)
Most Beautiful Village Oingt (38km); Perouges (40km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (28km); Trevoux (33km); Cremieu (35km); Saint-Galmier (39km)
Regional Natural Parc Pilat (33km)
Religious Monument Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (12km); Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (13km)
Remarkable Garden Parc de Gerland (13km); Parc de la Tête d'Or (15km); Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (35km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Lyon (14km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Oeillon Crest (32km); Perdrix Crest (35km)
Town Of Art And History Vienne (15km); Saint-Etienne (39km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Chaponnay (10km); Ecully (14km); Saint-Galmier (39km); Saint-Vulbas (42km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon (15km); Parc de la Tête d'Or (15km); Parc animalier de Courzieu (20km); Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (21km)
Map of places to visit near Vernaison & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vernaison
Canton: Irigny
Arrondissement: Lyon
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69390
Distance to Vernaison
from Lyon (local prefecture): 13 km
from Paris: 402 km
from Calais: 629 km
from Nice: 291 km
from Bordeaux: 431 km
from Strasbourg: 395 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vernaison): Brignais, Charly, Communay, Feyzin, Grigny, Irigny, Millery, Montagny, Saint-Genis-Laval, Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon, Serezin-du-Rhone, Simandres, Solaize, Ternay, Venissieux and Vourles.
Getting here
For driving distances to Vernaison from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vernaison