Rhône-Alpes, France · Europe
Villeurbanne is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Lyon 07, 9km from Musee de l'Automobile Henri Malartre.
Villeurbanne is in Rhône-Alpes, France, with about 130,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Lyon 07, about 4 km away.
Villeurbanne (French pronunciation: [vilœʁban] ; Arpitan: Velorbana) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France.
It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second-largest metropolitan area in France after that of Paris. With a population ofRead more
163,684, Villeurbanne is the second-largest commune in the metropolitan area of Lyon and the 16th most populated in France, and the most populous commune that is neither a prefecture nor a sub-prefecture.
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Within an hour or so of Villeurbanne: Musee de l'Automobile Henri Malartre (9 km), Pérouges (28 km).
The nearest famous roads are Col du Grand Colombier, Combe Laval Balcony Road and Route Nationale 7.
Villeurbanne is in Rhône-Alpes, France, about 4 km from Lyon 07.
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Carrying a warning triangle and hi-vis vest in your vehicle is mandatory. Motorway emergency phones connect to official breakdown services only.
Full driving guide for France2 notable places within an hour's 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.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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.
28 km · about 30 min drive
13 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
April to October
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