Virieu-le-Petit travel guide
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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
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!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du Prieuré (31km) :
- National Monuments: Voltaire Chateau (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Aix-les-Bains (28km) : Annecy (31km) : Morestel (33km) : Saint-Vulbas (35km) : Nances (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chambery (41km) :
- 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