Montbellet tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Brancion at 8 km from Montbellet

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Visit Montbellet: highlights and tourist information

Montbellet is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department and Burgundy-Franche-Comté region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Montbellet in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Popular places to visit nearby include Brancion at 8 km and Tournus at 10 km.

Montbellet, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Brancion

at 8 km (direction north-west)

Quiet now, in the 15th century Brancion was an important regional centre - hence...

See Brancion guide

Tournus

at 10 km (direction north-north-east)

The Abbey of Saint-Philibert is the highlight in Tournus, but you will also discover...

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Tournus abbey

Abbey at 10 km (direction north-north-east)

The abbey at Tournus is a 12th century abbey in roman style with a...

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Cormatin

at 16 km (direction west-north-west)

The beautifully decorated and furnished Cormatin Chateau, from the 17th century, is the highlight...

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Cluny

at 17 km (direction west)

As well as one of the most visited abbeys in France Cluny also has...

See Cluny guide

Macon

at 19 km (direction south-south-west)

After exploring the pleasant town of Macon we suggest a visit to nearby Lamartine's...

See Macon guide

Solutre-Pouilly

at 23 km (direction south-west)

Solutré-Pouilly would perhaps go unnoticed except for the great rock-cliff behind the village that...

See Solutre-Pouilly guide

Chalon-sur-Saone

at 34 km (direction south-west)

The pedestrianised town centre and cathedral will form the centre of your visit to...

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Bourg-en-Bresse

at 41 km (direction south-east), in the Ain department

As well as exploring the cathedral and town centre of Bourg-en-Bresse, allow time to...

See Bourg-en-Bresse guide

Belleville

at 42 km (direction south-south-west), in the Rhone department

Not an important tourist town, Belleville does have a couple of sites of interest...

See Belleville guide

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Map of places to visit near Montbellet

Markets in and near Montbellet

• Pont-de-Vaux: market Wednesday (7km)
• Tournus: market Saturday (10km)
• Cluny: market Saturday (17km)
• Sennecey-le-Grand: market Friday (18km)
• Charnay-les-Macon: market Friday (19km)
• Macon: market Saturday (20km)
• Pont-de-Veyle: market Monday (24km)
• Montrevel-en-Bresse: market Tuesday (25km)
• Saint-Germain-du-Plain: market Thursday (27km)
• Vonnas: market Thursday (30km)

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Tourist attractions near Montbellet, France

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

Grand sites of France

• Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (23km)

National Monuments

• Brou Royal Monastery (41km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (40km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (10km)
• Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (10km)
• Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (14km)
• Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (17km)
• Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (19km)
• Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (20km)
• Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (21km)
• Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (22km)
• Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (35km)

Remarkable gardens

• Les Jardins du château de Drée (47km)
• Le jardin de Zéphyr (48km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Tournus (10km)
• Cluny (17km)
• Chalon-sur-Saone (35km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Confluence - la Seille (7km)
• Seille (Saône) (7km)
• Roche de Solutré (23km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Macon (20km)
• Vonnas (30km)

Geography and distances

Montbellet is in the eastern-center of France at 19 kilometres from Macon, the department capital (general information: Montbellet is 325 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port - allow about 6 - 7 hours. For driving distances to Montbellet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 13 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Burgy, Chardonnay, Cruzille, Farges-les-Macon, Fleurville, Grevilly, Lugny, Peronne, Pont-de-Vaux, Reyssouze, Saint-Albain, Uchizy and Vire.

This page in French: Visiter Montbellet