Villefranche-sur-Saone travel guide
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Visit Villefranche-sur-Saone: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Villefranche-sur-Saone is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 26 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Villefranche-sur-Saone is 365 km from Paris and 590 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Anse at 6 km from Villefranche-sur-Saone
Popular places to visit near Villefranche-sur-Saone: these include Anse at 6 km and Trevoux at 7 km.
Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km and Trevoux is a listed 'recommended detour' at 7km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Villefranche-sur-Saone: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Villefranche-sur-Saone, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Villefranche-sur-Saone
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Villefranche-sur-Saone.
Note that all distances from Villefranche-sur-Saone shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Villefranche-sur-Saone holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Villefranche-sur-Saone (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 Villefranche-sur-Saone and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (5km) : Parc du château de Laye (8km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (25km) : Parc de Gerland (27km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (39km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (47km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (11km) : Perouges (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (27km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (27km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (40km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (46km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (48km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (24km) : Ecully (24km) : Vonnas (33km) : Macon (36km) : Chaponnay (44km) : Saint-Vulbas (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (27km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (7km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (44km) : Charlieu (46km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Villefranche-sur-Saone & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Arrondissement: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69400
Distance to Villefranche-sur-Saone
from Lyon: 26 km
from Paris: 365 km
from Calais: 590 km
from Nice: 324 km
from Bordeaux: 432 km
from Strasbourg: 368 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Villefranche-sur-Saone): Arnas, Beauregard, Blace, Denice, Fareins, Frans, Gleize, Jassans-Riottier, Lacenas, Liergues, Limas, Pommiers, Pouilly-le-Monial, Saint-Bernard, Saint-Didier-de-Formans and Saint-Julien.
Getting here
For driving distances to Villefranche-sur-Saone from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Villefranche-sur-Saone