Essertines-en-Chatelneuf travel guide
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Visit Essertines-en-Chatelneuf: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Essertines-en-Chatelneuf is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 36 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Essertines-en-Chatelneuf is 381 km from Paris and 614 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 21 km from Essertines-en-Chatelneuf
Popular places to visit near Essertines-en-Chatelneuf: these include Ambert at 21 km and Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 31 km.
Col des Pradeaux is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 16km and Ambert is a listed 'recommended detour' at 21km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Essertines-en-Chatelneuf, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Essertines-en-Chatelneuf
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Essertines-en-Chatelneuf.
Note that all distances from Essertines-en-Chatelneuf shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Essertines-en-Chatelneuf holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Essertines-en-Chatelneuf (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 Essertines-en-Chatelneuf and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (26km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (25km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (21km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Essertines-en-Chatelneuf & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Essertines-en-Châtelneuf
Canton: Montbrison
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42600
Distance to Essertines-en-Chatelneuf
from Saint-Etienne: 36 km
from Paris: 381 km
from Calais: 614 km
from Nice: 335 km
from Bordeaux: 369 km
from Strasbourg: 435 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Essertines-en-Chatelneuf): Bard, Chalain-d'Uzore, Champdieu, Chatelneuf, Ecotay-l'Olme, Lerigneux, Lezigneux, Montbrison, Pralong, Roche, Saint-Bonnet-le-Courreau and Verrieres-en-Forez.
Getting here
For driving distances to Essertines-en-Chatelneuf from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Essertines-en-Chatelneuf