Vernay travel guide
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Visit Vernay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vernay is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 49 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Vernay is 342 km from Paris and 568 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Belleville at 18 km from Vernay
Popular places to visit near Vernay: these include Belleville at 18 km and Solutre-Pouilly at 22 km.
Le jardin de Zéphyr is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km and Parc du château de Laye is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 18km. 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 Vernay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vernay
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vernay.
Note that all distances from Vernay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vernay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vernay (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 Vernay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le jardin de Zéphyr (15km) : Parc du château de Laye (18km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (24km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (26km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (32km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (35km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (24km) : Semur-en-Brionnais (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (26km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (27km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (30km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (31km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (35km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Macon (28km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (33km) : Vonnas (36km) : Paray-le-Monial (45km) : Ecully (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (27km) : Trevoux (31km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Vernay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vernay
Canton: Beaujeu
Arrondissement: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69430
Distance to Vernay
from Lyon: 49 km
from Paris: 342 km
from Calais: 568 km
from Nice: 348 km
from Bordeaux: 424 km
from Strasbourg: 363 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vernay): Avenas, Beaujeu, Chenelette, Les Ardillats, Marchampt, Poule-les-Echarmeaux and Saint-Didier-sur-Beaujeu.
Getting here
For driving distances to Vernay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vernay