RHONE-ALPES ITINERARIES

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(Mileage is estimated distance from each preceding city or site.)

  1. La Dombes region from Lyon (81 miles)

    2. PEROUGES (21 miles) Movie-set medieval village.

    SAINTE-JULIE (5 miles) 12th-century château.

    CHATILLON-SUR-CHALARONNE (25 miles) Market, ramparts.

    TREVOUX (15 miles) Historic hill town. Return to Lyon 15 miles.

  2. Monts du Beaujolais from Lyon (145 miles)

    3. CHARLIEU (66 miles) Abbey church.

    THIZY (15 miles) Perched village.

    LE-BOIS-D'OINGT (23 miles) Panorama.

    OINGT (3 miles) 15th-century houses.

    SALLES-ARBUISSONNAS (11 miles) 18th-century houses, park. Return to Lyon 27 miles.

  3. Lyon to Albertville (277 miles)

    4. CHENS (102 miles) Unspoiled port on Lake Geneva.

    NERNIER (4 miles) Fishing port.

    YVOIRE (1 mile) Showpiece village.

    DOMAINE DE RIPAILLE (10 miles) Wine-producing château.

    SAMOENS (37 miles) Place du Gros Tilleul marketplace, Alpine garden.

    MENTHON-ST-BERNARD (56 miles) Château above Lake Annecy.

    TALLOIRES (2 miles) One of the most beautiful lakeside spots in France.

    CONFLANS (27 miles) Hill village above Albertville.

  4. Le Beaufortain from Albertville (38 miles)

    5. BEAUFORT (12 miles) Baroque church, cheese.

    ARECHES/BOUDIN (14 miles) Beautiful mountain hamlets. Return Albertville 12 miles.

  5. Albertville to St-Paul-les-Trois-Châteaux (169 miles)

    6. PONT-EN-ROYANS (87 miles) Cliff village. Gorge to Presles and Vercors.

    ST-PAUL-LES-TROIS-CHATEAUX (82 miles) Medieval old town.

  6. Drôme Provençal from St-Paul (83 miles)

    7. CLANSAYES (3 miles) Monumental Madonna, view.

    GRIGNAN (11 miles) Marquise de Sévigné Château, view.

    CHATEAUNEUF-EN-MAZENC (12 miles).

    LE POET-LAVAL (5 miles) Medieval town, dramatic ruins.

    MIRMANDE (21 miles) Terraced village, church, Rhône view.

    LA GARDE ADHEMAR (27 miles) Hill village. Return to St-Paul 4 miles.

    ST-PAUL (4 miles).

  7. Ardêche itinerary St-Paul to Lyon (192 miles)

    8. VOGUE (44 miles) Cliff village.

    BALAZUC (6 miles) Saracen tower, Romanesque chapel.

    AVEN DE MARZAL (27 miles) Marvelous eerie cavern.

    LARNAS (6 miles) Tiny Romanesque chapel.

    ST-MONTAN-EN-VIVARAIS (2 miles) Fortress ruins, vaulted passages. Return to Lyon 107 miles.