Farnay travel guide
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Visit Farnay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Farnay is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 17 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Farnay is 411 km from Paris and 640 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Pelussin at 11 km from Farnay
Popular places to visit near Farnay: these include Pelussin at 11 km and Malleval at 16 km.
Oeillon Crest is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 11km and Pilat is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 11km. 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 Farnay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Farnay
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Farnay.
Note that all distances from Farnay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Farnay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Farnay (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 Farnay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (35km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (21km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (34km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (24km) : Chaponnay (30km) : Ecully (34km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (17km) : Vienne (22km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (19km) :
Map of places to visit near Farnay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Farnay
Canton: Grand-Croix
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42320
Distance to Farnay
from Saint-Etienne: 17 km
from Paris: 411 km
from Calais: 640 km
from Nice: 290 km
from Bordeaux: 412 km
from Strasbourg: 418 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Farnay): Cellieu, Chagnon, Chateauneuf, La Grand-Croix, La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay, Lorette, Pavezin, Rive-de-Gier, Saint-Martin-la-Plaine and Saint-Paul-en-Jarez.
Getting here
For driving distances to Farnay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Farnay