Fontanes travel guide
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Visit Fontanes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontanes is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 11 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Fontanes is 400 km from Paris and 630 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 13 km from Fontanes
Popular places to visit near Fontanes: these include Saint-Etienne at 13 km and Pelussin at 24 km.
Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 10km and Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed 'recommended detour' 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 Fontanes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontanes
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fontanes.
Note that all distances from Fontanes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontanes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontanes (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 Fontanes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (39km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (41km) : Jardin de l’écomusée (42km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (31km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (38km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (10km) : Ecully (37km) : Chaponnay (40km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (11km) : Vienne (34km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (10km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontanes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontanès
Canton: Saint-Héand
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42140
Distance to Fontanes
from Saint-Etienne: 11 km
from Paris: 400 km
from Calais: 630 km
from Nice: 304 km
from Bordeaux: 401 km
from Strasbourg: 421 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 Fontanes): Aveizieux, Chatelus, Chevrieres, Grammond, La Gimond, Marcenod, Saint-Christo-en-Jarez, Saint-Heand, Saint-Medard-en-Forez and Valfleury.
Getting here
For driving distances to Fontanes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontanes