Virieu travel guide
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Visit Virieu: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Virieu is situated in the Isere department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 41 km from Grenoble, the department capital. (General information: Virieu is 443 km from Paris and 664 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cremieu at 32 km from Virieu
Popular places to visit near Virieu: these include Cremieu at 32 km and Belley at 35 km.
Morestel is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 21km and Chartreuse is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 27km. 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 Virieu, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Virieu
See France This Way travel guides for Isere and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Virieu.
Note that all distances from Virieu shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Virieu holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Virieu (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 Virieu and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du Prieuré (35km) : Jardin du musée Hébert (37km) : Parc du château du Touvet (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Morestel (21km) : Nances (28km) : Saint-Gervais (31km) : Saint-Vulbas (41km) : Aix-les-Bains (41km) : Chaponnay (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chambery (37km) : Grenoble (38km) : Vienne (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (32km) :
Map of places to visit near Virieu & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Virieu
Canton: Virieu
Arrondissement: Tour-du-Pin
Department: Isere
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 38730
Distance to Virieu
from Grenoble: 41 km
from Paris: 443 km
from Calais: 664 km
from Nice: 244 km
from Bordeaux: 480 km
from Strasbourg: 385 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Virieu): Blandin, Chabons, Chassignieu, Chelieu, Doissin, Le Passage, Le Pin, Montagnieu, Montrevel, Paladru, Panissage, Saint-Ondras, Torchefelon and Valencogne.
Getting here
For driving distances to Virieu from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Virieu