Balbins travel guide
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Visit Balbins: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Balbins is situated in the Isere department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 47 km from Grenoble, the department capital. (General information: Balbins is 442 km from Paris and 666 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Palais Ideal at 22 km from Balbins
Popular places to visit near Balbins: these include Palais Ideal at 22 km and Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye at 24 km. Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 24km and Saint-Gervais is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 29km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Balbins, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Balbins and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Balbins
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du musée Hébert (45km) : Jardin japonais (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (24km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Gervais (29km) : Chaponnay (35km) : Morestel (37km) : Saint-Vulbas (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (31km) : Grenoble (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Balbins & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Balbins
Canton: Côte-Saint-André
Arrondissement: Vienne
Department: Isere
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 38260
Distance to Balbins
from Grenoble: 47 km
from Paris: 442 km
from Calais: 666 km
from Nice: 248 km
from Bordeaux: 459 km
from Strasbourg: 403 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Balbins (within 6 km): Arzay : Bossieu : Commelle : Faramans : La Cote-Saint-Andre : Marcilloles : Nantoin : Ornacieux : Penol : Sardieu : Semons :
Balbins holidays and travel
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Family fun: Holiday villages in Rhone-Alpes
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Holiday rentals: Isere gites and villas
This page in French: Visitez Balbins