Faucigny tourism and travel guide
Visit Faucigny: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsFaucigny is situated in the Haute-Savoie department and Rhone-Alpes region (now part of the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region), in the east of France at 28 kilometres from Annecy, the department capital (general information: Faucigny is 428 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include La Clusaz at 24 km and Morzine at 28 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Faucigny, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Faucigny in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Haute-Savoie
Map of places to visit near Faucigny
Markets in and near Faucigny
- Viuz-en-Sallaz: market Monday (5km)
- Bonneville: market Tuesday & Friday (6km)
- La Roche-sur-Foron: market Thursday (7km)
- Reignier: market Saturday (7km)
- Boege: market Tuesday (10km)
- Ville-la-Grand: market Sunday (12km)
- Annemasse: market Tuesday & Friday (13km)
- Gaillard: market Saturday (13km)
- Cluses: market Monday (18km)
- Le Grand-Bornand: market Wednesday (20km)
More information about Faucigny, Rhone-Alpes
Tourist attractions near Faucigny, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Faucigny.
Grand sites of France
- Cirque de Sixt Fer a Cheval (38km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Yvoire (28km)
- Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (33km)
National Monuments
- Voltaire Chateau (25km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- La Roche-sur-Foron (7km)
- Sallanches (29km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Haut-Jura (48km)
Remarkable gardens
- Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (28km)
- Jardin botanique alpin La Jaÿsinia (29km)
- Jardin d'eau de pré curieux (34km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Mole (8km)
- Cascade de la Diomaz (14km)
- Col de la Colombière (17km)
- Col de Romme (19km)
- Roc d'Enfer (21km)
- Mont Veyrier (28km)
- Lac d'Annecy (32km)
- Roc de Chere (33km)
- Cascade du Rouget (33km)
- Gorges du Fier (35km)
- Lac d'Anterne (37km)
- Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval (38km)
- Col de la Faucille (38km)
- Lac Cornu (42km)
- Lac de Lamoura (42km)
- Le Brévent (42km)
- Cascade de la queue de cheval (47km)
- Glacier des Bossons (48km)
- Lac des Rousses (48km)
- Montenvers (48km)
- Aiguille du Midi (49km)
- Mont Blanc (50km)
- Lacs d'Étival (60km)
Towns of Art and history
- Annecy (30km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Megeve (35km)
- Evian-les-Bains (36km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Faucigny
Canton: Bonneville
Arrondissement: Bonneville
Department: Haute-Savoie
Region: Rhone-Alpes
New region: Auvergne Rhône-Alpes
Postcode: 74130
Distance to Faucigny
from Annecy (prefecture): 28 km
from Paris: 428 km
from Calais: 631 km
from Nice: 278 km
from Bordeaux: 559 km
from Strasbourg: 294 km
Getting here
For driving distances to Faucigny from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 17 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Amancy, Arenthon, Bonne, Bonneville, Contamine-sur-Arve, Cornier, Etaux, Fillinges, La Roche-sur-Foron, La Tour, Marcellaz, Nangy, Peillonnex, Saint-Jean-de-Tholome, Scientrier, Ville-en-Sallaz and Viuz-en-Sallaz.
This page in French: Visiter Faucigny
