What to see from Bessins: Abbaye de Chambarand first
This is a list led by châteaux or heritage sites, 3 of its 5. None of them is inside Bessins itself. Palais idéal is worth a day, 20 km from the centre.
Top of the list around Bessins
Close behind Abbaye de Chambarand are an abbey, a château and a theme park.
Best known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
Around Bessins, mapped
Head southwest for most of the 5 just outside.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Bessins; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Grouped by kind
Most common are châteaux or heritage sites: 3 of 5.
Dark: in Bessins. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
All of it
Look within 5 km of its centre for all 5 places listed.
Nothing is mapped in Bessins itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
A little further out
Best known of the 12 within reach is Palais idéal, at 20 km.
MuseumMusée de Grenoble37 km east, in GrenobleAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame de Triors17 km southwest, in TriorsChâteauChâteauChâteau de l'Arthaudière9.6 km south, in Saint-Bonnet-de-ChavagneCathedralCathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame de Grenoble37 km east, in GrenobleChâteauChâteauChâteau de l'Alba14 km east, in L'Albenc
AttractionBastille36 km east, in GrenobleAttractionAttractionGrottes de Choranche18 km southeast, in Choranche
MuseumChâteau de Tournon37 km southwest, in Tournon-sur-RhôneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Clermont32 km northeast, in Chirens
MuseumMusée Hector-Berlioz21 km north, in La Côte-Saint-AndréChâteauChâteauChâteau de Virieu35 km northeast, in Val-de-VirieuPlaces within 40 km of Bessins with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Know before you go to Bessins
Are there attractions near Bessins?
Nothing is mapped in Bessins itself, but within 5 km there are Abbaye de Chambarand, Abbaye de Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye, Château de Blagneux and Miripili l'Île aux Pirates.
Are there museums in or near Bessins?
One, in town or within 5 km: Cote Village.
What well-known places are within a day out of Bessins?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Palais idéal (20 km), Musée de Grenoble (37 km), Abbaye Notre-Dame de Triors (17 km), Château de l'Arthaudière (9.6 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Bessins, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- Musée de Grenoble: Milky, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bastille: Milky, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Tournon: Charcutaille, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée Hector-Berlioz: Valérie Gaillard, photographe, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.