Virieu-le-Petit travel guide

Virieu-le-Petit photo, taken in Belley France

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Visit Virieu-le-Petit: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Virieu-le-Petit is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 51 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Virieu-le-Petit is 415 km from Paris and 629 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Belley at 16 km from Virieu-le-Petit

Popular places to visit near Virieu-le-Petit: these include Belley at 16 km and Aix-les-Bains at 29 km.

Gorges du Fier is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 24km and Aix-les-Bains is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 28km. 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-le-Petit, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Virieu-le-Petit

photo of Belley
Belley 16km
photo of Annecy
Annecy 31km
photo of Cremieu
Cremieu 42km

See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Virieu-le-Petit.

Note that all distances from Virieu-le-Petit shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Virieu-le-Petit holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Virieu-le-Petit (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 Virieu-le-Petit and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du Prieuré (31km) :
  2. National Monuments: Voltaire Chateau (49km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Perouges (42km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Aix-les-Bains (28km) : Annecy (31km) : Morestel (33km) : Saint-Vulbas (35km) : Nances (36km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Chambery (41km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (42km) : La Roche-sur-Foron (49km) :

Map of places to visit near Virieu-le-Petit & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Virieu-le-Petit

Canton: Champagne-en-Valromey

Arrondissement: Belley

Department: Ain

Region: Rhone-Alpes

Postcode: 01260

Distance to Virieu-le-Petit

from Bourg-en-Bresse: 51 km

from Paris: 415 km

from Calais: 629 km

from Nice: 274 km

from Bordeaux: 506 km

from Strasbourg: 334 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 Virieu-le-Petit): Artemare, Belmont-Luthezieu, Beon, Brenaz, Champagne-en-Valromey, Chavornay, Lochieu, Lompnieu, Sutrieu, Talissieu and Vieu.

Getting here

For driving distances to Virieu-le-Petit from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Virieu-le-Petit