Fareins lies on the edge of the Dombes Plateau and the Saône Valley plain; to the west, the municipality borders the river for 3.8 kilometres.
Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Fareins can focus their accommodation search on this location.
Culture
At the Château de Fléchères, the painter Pietro Ricchi created a series of frescoes in several rooms in 1632, including the hall with the Labours of Hercules, the Parade Hall and the Château Hall, the Perspectives, the Chamber of Virtues and the Antechamber of the Hunts. There is no comparable ensemble anywhere else in France.
The Pigeonnier des Mouilles is the region’s only freestanding dovecote. It was formerly equipped with a revolving ladder and clay pots set into the walls as nesting places.
The Château de Fléchères is two minutes from the Fareins - Grelonges stop on shuttle bus route 113, which connects Belleville-sur-Saône with Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or.
The closed Artothèque du Centre d'Arts Plastiques de Villefranche-sur-Saône museum is located near Fareins. The Musée Claude Bernard is a museum in the vicinity of Fareins, while the Abbatiale de l'Assomption de Belleville is considered a historic site there.
The Château de Saint-André du Coing is a château in the wider regional surroundings of Fareins.
Nature
The Parc du Château Bouchet covers 5 hectares and is home to 13 tree species notable for their rarity and size, as well as a windmill, an ice house, bridges and a dovecote.
The Parc du Château Bouchet is open to the public at weekends; groups can visit during the week by arrangement, and admission is free.
Citadelle, Grand Crêt and Mont d'Or are mountains in the wider regional surroundings of Fareins. Notre-Dame de Buisante is a hill near Fareins.
Events
The ArtFareins biennial, dedicated to contemporary sculpture, takes place in summer at the Parc du Château Bouchet in Fareins.
The Jazz à Fareins festival takes place in Fareins in winter.
Trails
The circular hiking trail « Fléchères par le chemin de halage depuis Beauregard » passes the Pigeonnier du Gourlas and then continues to the centre of Fareins.
The L'Ain à Vélo – Le Val de Saône cycle route runs from Saint-Bernard to Fareins to visit the 17th-century Château de Fléchères.
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