Rhône-Alpes, France · Europe
Villars-les-Dombes is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Ambérieux-en-Dombes, 56km from Abbey of Cluny.
Villars-les-Dombes is a town located in Rhône-Alpes, France. With a population of 4,587, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Villars-les-Dombes (French pronunciation: [vilaʁ le dɔ̃b] , literally Villars near Dombes) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Its people are known as Villardois.
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Villars-les-Dombes is located in Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe. The coordinates are 46.0021 latitude, 5.0325 longitude.
Villars-les-Dombes has a population of approximately 4,587 people, making it a town in France.
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landmark
Walled medieval weavers' town on a hilltop 35 km from Lyon, its cobbled lanes and stone houses so intact that film crews use it as a ready-made Middle Ages set; try the warm galette pérougienne on the main square.
15 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Pioneering car museum in a hilltop chateau above the Saone near Lyon, displaying pre-1914 automobiles, historic motorcycles, trams and celebrity cars, including one of Hitler's armoured Mercedes.
23 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
The ruins of what was once the largest church in Christendom, the powerful Benedictine mother abbey that shaped medieval Europe.
56 km · about 65 min drive
mountain pass
A fearsome Jura mountain climb with four different approaches, all featuring extreme gradients up to 22% on narrow forest roads popular with cycling purists.
56 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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