Ecoche travel guide
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Visit Ecoche: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ecoche is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 79 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Ecoche is 333 km from Paris and 562 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Semur-en-Brionnais at 20 km from Ecoche
Popular places to visit near Ecoche: these include Semur-en-Brionnais at 20 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 25 km.
Le jardin de Zéphyr is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Ecoche, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ecoche
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ecoche.
Note that all distances from Ecoche shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ecoche holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ecoche (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Rhone-Alpes and Loire gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Ecoche and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le jardin de Zéphyr (9km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (16km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (20km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (22km) : Parc du château de Laye (34km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (38km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (20km) : Oingt (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (10km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (21km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (22km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (29km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (35km) : Macon (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (10km) : Trevoux (44km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Ecoche & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Écoche
Canton: Belmont-de-la-Loire
Arrondissement: Roanne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42670
Distance to Ecoche
from Saint-Etienne: 79 km
from Paris: 333 km
from Calais: 562 km
from Nice: 360 km
from Bordeaux: 407 km
from Strasbourg: 374 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ecoche): Arcinges, Belmont-de-la-Loire, Chateauneuf, Chauffailles, Coublanc, Cuinzier, Jarnosse, Le Cergne, Maizilly, Mars, Saint-Igny-de-Roche, Saint-Martin-de-Lixy, Tancon and Thel.
Getting here
For driving distances to Ecoche from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ecoche