Vienne travel guide
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Visit Vienne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vienne is situated in the Isere department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 78 km from Grenoble, the department capital. (General information: Vienne is 417 km from Paris and 643 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Vienne
Popular places to visit near Vienne: these include Malleval at 19 km and Pelussin at 19 km.
Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Chaponnay is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Vienne: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Vienne, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vienne
See France This Way travel guides for Isere and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vienne.
Note that all distances from Vienne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vienne holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vienne (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 Vienne and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (27km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (29km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (47km) : Perouges (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (8km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (26km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (27km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chaponnay (13km) : Ecully (29km) : Saint-Galmier (44km) : Saint-Vulbas (47km) : Morestel (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (27km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (35km) : Cremieu (37km) : Trevoux (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Vienne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vienne
Canton: Vienne
Arrondissement: Vienne
Department: Isere
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 38200
Distance to Vienne
from Grenoble: 78 km
from Paris: 417 km
from Calais: 643 km
from Nice: 277 km
from Bordeaux: 434 km
from Strasbourg: 404 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vienne): Ampuis, Jardin, Loire-sur-Rhone, Pont-Eveque, Saint-Cyr-sur-le-Rhone, Saint-Romain-en-Gal, Saint-Sorlin-de-Vienne, Sainte-Colombe, Serpaize and Seyssuel.
Getting here
For driving distances to Vienne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vienne