Vieu travel guide
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Visit Vieu: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vieu is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 49 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Vieu is 414 km from Paris and 629 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Belley at 15 km from Vieu
Popular places to visit near Vieu: these include Belley at 15 km and Aix-les-Bains at 29 km.
Gorges du Fier is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 27km and Aix-les-Bains is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 29km. 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 Vieu, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vieu
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vieu.
Note that all distances from Vieu shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vieu holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vieu (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 Ain 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 Vieu and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du Prieuré (31km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Aix-les-Bains (29km) : Morestel (30km) : Saint-Vulbas (31km) : Annecy (34km) : Nances (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chambery (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Vieu & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vieu
Canton: Champagne-en-Valromey
Arrondissement: Belley
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01260
Distance to Vieu
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 49 km
from Paris: 414 km
from Calais: 629 km
from Nice: 274 km
from Bordeaux: 503 km
from Strasbourg: 337 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vieu): Artemare, Belmont-Luthezieu, Beon, Brenaz, Champagne-en-Valromey, Chavornay, Cormaranche-en-Bugey, Lochieu, Saint-Martin-de-Bavel, Sutrieu, Talissieu, Virieu-le-Grand and Virieu-le-Petit.
Getting here
For driving distances to Vieu from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vieu