Villefontaine travel guide
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Visit Villefontaine: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Villefontaine is situated in the Isere department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 67 km from Grenoble, the department capital. (General information: Villefontaine is 418 km from Paris and 641 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cremieu at 15 km from Villefontaine
Popular places to visit near Villefontaine: these include Cremieu at 15 km and Vienne at 24 km.
Cremieu is a listed 'recommended detour' at 15km and Chaponnay is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 17km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Villefontaine: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Villefontaine, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Villefontaine
See France This Way travel guides for Isere and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Villefontaine.
Note that all distances from Villefontaine shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Villefontaine holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Villefontaine (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 Villefontaine and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (29km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (30km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (32km) : Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (25km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (29km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (30km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chaponnay (17km) : Saint-Vulbas (26km) : Morestel (26km) : Ecully (34km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (24km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (15km) : Trevoux (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Villefontaine & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Villefontaine
Canton: Isle-d'Abeau
Arrondissement: Tour-du-Pin
Department: Isere
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 38090
Distance to Villefontaine
from Grenoble: 67 km
from Paris: 418 km
from Calais: 641 km
from Nice: 270 km
from Bordeaux: 457 km
from Strasbourg: 384 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Villefontaine): Bonnefamille, Chezeneuve, Diemoz, Four, Frontonas, Grenay, La Verpilliere, Roche, Saint-Alban-de-Roche, Saint-Quentin-Fallavier and Vaulx-Milieu.
Getting here
For driving distances to Villefontaine from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Villefontaine