Challex tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Divonne-les-Bains at 24 km from Challex

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Visit Challex: highlights and tourist information

Challex is situated in the Ain department and Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Challex in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes.

Popular places to visit nearby include Divonne-les-Bains at 24 km and Annecy at 33 km.

Challex, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Divonne-les-Bains

at 24 km (direction north-east)

A pleasant 19th century spa town, Divonne-les-Bains also now has a leisure lake and...

See Divonne-les-Bains guide

Annecy

at 33 km (direction south-south-east), in the Haute-Savoie department

Annecy is a very lovely town with a great deal to enjoy, enhanced further...

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Lake Annecy

Scenery at 34 km (direction south-south-east), in the Haute-Savoie department

The towns, villages and scenery around Lake Annecy make it an exceptional region to...

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Yvoire

Most Beautiful Village at 35 km (direction east-north-east), in the Haute-Savoie department

The village of Yvoire on the banks of Lake Geneva is extraordinarily pretty and...

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Veyrier du Lac

at 37 km (direction south-east), in the Haute-Savoie department

The port area is among the highlights in this pretty village on the banks...

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Menthon Saint Bernard

at 40 km (direction south-east), in the Haute-Savoie department

After exploring the quaint village of Menthon-Saint-Bernard you can hire a boat to explore...

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Talloires

at 42 km (direction south-east), in the Haute-Savoie department

Talloires is one of the most lovely of the villages on the shores of...

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Thonon les Bains

at 44 km (direction east-north-east), in the Haute-Savoie department

Tourist activity here at Thonon-les-Bains on Lac Leman is based around the lakefront, views...

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La Clusaz

Ski resort at 47 km (direction east-south-east), in the Haute-Savoie department

La Clusaz is one of the smaller ski resorts and very popular with French...

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Belley

at 51 km (direction south-west)

The cathedral and adjacent historic centre are the highlight of your visit to Belley...

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Evian

at 52 km (direction east-north-east), in the Haute-Savoie department

Evian is a very lovely town, also well known as a spa town and...

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Megeve

Ski resort at 62 km (direction east-south-east), in the Haute-Savoie department

Megeve is among the most prestigious of the French ski resorts and also an...

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Reserve excursions near Challex

Map of places to visit near Challex

Markets in and near Challex

• Thoiry: market Sunday (7km)
• Valleiry: market Sunday (8km)
• Saint-Julien-en-Genevois: market Friday (10km)
• Bellegarde-sur-Valserine: market Thursday all day (14km)
• Ferney-Voltaire: market Saturday (14km)
• Gaillard: market Saturday (19km)
• Gex: market Saturday (19km)
• Annemasse: market Tuesday & Friday (21km)
• Ville-la-Grand: market Sunday (22km)
• Divonne-les-Bains: market Sunday & Friday (24km)

More information about Challex, Rhone-Alpes

Tourist attractions near Challex, France

What to do at Challex? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Challex.

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Yvoire (35km)

National Monuments

• Voltaire Chateau (14km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• La Roche-sur-Foron (29km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Haut-Jura (28km)

Remarkable gardens

• Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (35km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Col de la Faucille (22km)
• Lac de Lamoura (24km)
• Cascade de la queue de cheval (24km)
• Gorges du Fier (31km)
• Mont Veyrier (35km)
• Lac des Rousses (37km)
• Mole (38km)
• Lacs d'Étival (38km)
• Lac d'Annecy (39km)
• Lac de l'Abbaye (39km)
• Cascade de la Diomaz (41km)
• Roc de Chere (41km)
• Col de la Colombière (44km)

Towns of Art and history

• Annecy (33km)

Geography and distances

Challex is in the east of France at 57 kilometres from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital (general information: Challex is 403 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Challex from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 5 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Collonges, Farges, Peron, Pougny and Saint-Jean-de-Gonville.

This page in French: Visiter Challex