Fontaines-sur-Saone tourism and travel guide

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Fontaines-sur-Saone is situated in the Rhone department and Rhone-Alpes region (now part of the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region), in the eastern-center of France at 8 kilometres from Lyon, the department capital (general information: Fontaines-sur-Saone is 385 kilometres from Paris).

Popular places to visit nearby include Lyon Presqu'ile at 8 km and Lyon at 8 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

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Fontaines-sur-Saone, 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 Fontaines-sur-Saone in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes.

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

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Map of places to visit near Fontaines-sur-Saone

Markets in and near Fontaines-sur-Saone

• Caluire-et-Cuire: market Thursday & Saturday (4km)
• Rillieux-la-Pape: market Wednesday & Sunday & Friday (4km)
• Neuville-sur-Saone: market Friday (5km)
• Lyon: market every day except Monday (8km)
• Ecully: market Thursday & Saturday (9km)
• Miribel: market Thursday (9km)
• Chazay-d'Azergues: market Thursday & Thursday (11km)
• Decines-Charpieu: market Tuesday & Sunday & Friday (11km)
• Trevoux: market Saturday (12km)
• La Mulatiere: market Tuesday & Friday (12km)

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Tourist attractions near Fontaines-sur-Saone, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium de Lyon (12km)

Heritage sites

• Historic Lyon (8km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Oingt (24km)
• Perouges (27km)

National Monuments

• Brou Royal Monastery (51km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Trevoux (13km)
• Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (33km)
• Cremieu (34km)
• Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (38km)
• Saint-Galmier (49km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (8km)
• Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (9km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc de la Tête d'Or (6km)
• Parc de Gerland (8km)
• Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (17km)
• Parc du château de Laye (27km)
• Le jardin de Zéphyr (58km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Lyon (8km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Laboratoire d’écologie des hydrosystèmes naturels et anthropisés (6km)
• Grand parc de Miribel-Jonage (8km)

Towns of Art and history

• Vienne (35km)
• Saint-Etienne (55km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Ecully (9km)
• Chaponnay (24km)
• Saint-Vulbas (34km)
• Vonnas (44km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon (6km)
• Parc animalier de Courzieu (21km)
• Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (38km)

Geography and distances

Getting here

For driving distances to Fontaines-sur-Saone from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 21 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Albigny-sur-Saone, Cailloux-sur-Fontaines, Caluire-et-Cuire, Champagne-Au-Mont-d'Or, Collonges-Au-Mont-d'Or, Couzon-Au-Mont-d'Or, Curis-Au-Mont-d'Or, Fleurieu-sur-Saone, Fontaines-Saint-Martin, Limonest, Montanay, Neuville-sur-Saone, Poleymieux-Au-Mont-d'Or, Rillieux-la-Pape, Rochetaillee-sur-Saone, Saint-Cyr-Au-Mont-d'Or, Saint-Didier-Au-Mont-d'Or, Saint-Germain-Au-Mont-d'Or, Saint-Romain-Au-Mont-d'Or, Sathonay-Camp and Sathonay-Village.

This page in French: Visiter Fontaines-sur-Saone