Oingt tourism and travel guide

Visit Oingt: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit Attractions Book a visitFrance This Way comment: Completely renovated in recent years, Oingt is one of the prettiest villages in the Beaujolais wine region
Oingt is situated in the Rhone department and Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region.
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Oingt. For detailed visitor information see the Oingt travel guide.
Tourist classifications for Oingt include "most beautiful village".
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Oingt in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes.
Popular places to visit nearby include Bagnols at 4 km and Anse at 11 km.
Oingt, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Theize
at 3 km (direction east-south-east)The quiet village of Theizé makes a pleasant detour when exploring the...
See Theize guide

Bagnols
at 4 km (direction south-east)Bagnols village with a castle is one of the pretty villages to...
See Bagnols guide

Anse
at 11 km (direction east)The quiet town of Anse retains some Roman remains that hint at...
See Anse guide

Eveux
at 15 km (direction south-south-east)Eveux, in the Rhone, is visited for the La Tourette Monastery designed...
See Eveux guide

Trevoux
at 15 km (direction east), in the Ain departmentThe quiet town of Trevoux in Ain has several historical monuments paying...
See Trevoux guide

Belleville
at 22 km (direction north-east)Not an important tourist town, Belleville does have a couple of sites...
See Belleville guide

Lyon Presqu'ile
at 29 km (direction south-east)The Presqu'ile region of Lyon is characterised by 19th century architecture and...
See Lyon Presqu'ile guide

Lyon Old Town
at 29 km (direction south-east)In Vieux Lyon there are numerous impressive townhouses of the 16th century,...
See Lyon Old Town guide

Lyon
at 29 km (direction south-east)Lyon has all the impressive buildings and monuments, museums, shops and restaurants...
See Lyon guide

Dombes
at 33 km (direction east), in the Ain departmentThe Dombes, with thousands of small lakes, is perfect for fishing and...
See Dombes guide

Solutre-Pouilly
at 40 km (direction north-north-east), in the Saone-et-Loire departmentSolutré-Pouilly would perhaps go unnoticed except for the great rock-cliff behind the...
See Solutre-Pouilly guide

Macon
at 44 km (direction north-east), in the Saone-et-Loire departmentAfter exploring the pleasant town of Macon we suggest a visit to...
See Macon guide

Perouges
Most Beautiful Village at 46 km (direction east), in the Ain departmentThe hillside walled town of perouges is among our favourite villages to...
See Perouges guide

Semur-en-Brionnais
Most Beautiful Village at 51 km (direction west-north-west), in the Saone-et-Loire departmentAs well as the pretty village itself, you can also visit the...
See Semur-en-Brionnais guide
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Map of places to visit near Oingt
Markets in and near Oingt
- Le Bois-d'Oingt: market Tuesday (3km)
- Anse: market Friday (10km)
- Chazay-d'Azergues: market Thursday & Thursday (13km)
- Jassans-Riottier: market Saturday (14km)
- Sain-Bel: market Saturday (16km)
- Trevoux: market Saturday (17km)
- Amplepuis: market Tuesday (19km)
- Belleville: market Tuesday (21km)
- Montmerle-sur-Saone: market Sunday (21km)
- Neuville-sur-Saone: market Friday (22km)
More information about Oingt, Rhone-Alpes
Tourist attractions near Oingt, France
What to do at Oingt? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Oingt.
Aquarium
- Aquarium de Lyon (31km)
Grand sites of France
- Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (40km)
Heritage sites
- Historic Lyon (29km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Semur-en-Brionnais (51km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Trevoux (15km)
- Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (35km)
- Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (36km)
- Charlieu (39km)
- Saint-Galmier (45km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (29km)
- Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (29km)
- Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (39km)
- Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (42km)
- Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (46km)
- Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (48km)
- Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (51km)
- Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (52km)
- Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (54km)
- Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (58km)
- Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (61km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (8km)
- Parc du château de Laye (17km)
- Parc de la Tête d'Or (28km)
- Parc de Gerland (29km)
- Le jardin de Zéphyr (36km)
- Les Jardins du château de Drée (45km)
- Jardin du château de Chaumont (51km)
- Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (54km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Lyon (28km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Laboratoire d’écologie des hydrosystèmes naturels et anthropisés (29km)
- Grand parc de Miribel-Jonage (32km)
- Roche de Solutré (40km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Ecully (25km)
- Macon (43km)
- Vonnas (44km)
- Chaponnay (45km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc animalier de Courzieu (22km)
- Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon (28km)
- Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (44km)
Geography and distances
Oingt is in the eastern-center of France at 29 kilometres from Lyon, the department capital (general information: Oingt is 364 kilometres from Paris).
Geographical Information
Commune: Oingt
Canton: Bois-d'Oingt
Arrondissement: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
New region: Auvergne Rhône-Alpes
Postcode: 69620
Distance to Oingt
from Lyon (prefecture): 29 km
from Paris: 364 km
from Calais: 591 km
from Nice: 327 km
from Bordeaux: 421 km
from Strasbourg: 378 km
Getting here
For driving distances to Oingt from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 19 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Alix, Bagnols, Chamelet, Cogny, Denice, Frontenas, Jarnioux, Lacenas, Le Bois-d'Oingt, Legny, Letra, Moire, Pouilly-le-Monial, Saint-Laurent-d'Oingt, Saint-Verand, Sainte-Paule, Ternand, Theize and Ville-sur-Jarnioux.
This page in French: Visiter Oingt