Fraisses travel guide
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Visit Fraisses: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fraisses is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 12 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Fraisses is 412 km from Paris and 644 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 11 km from Fraisses
Popular places to visit near Fraisses: these include Saint-Etienne at 11 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 15 km.
Saint-Etienne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 12km and Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 23km. 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 Fraisses, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fraisses
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fraisses.
Note that all distances from Fraisses shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fraisses holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fraisses (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 Fraisses and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (26km) :
- National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (49km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (23km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (12km) : Le Puy en Velay (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (31km) : Ambert (45km) : Le Puy-en-Velay (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Fraisses & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fraisses
Canton: Firminy
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42490
Distance to Fraisses
from Saint-Etienne: 12 km
from Paris: 412 km
from Calais: 644 km
from Nice: 303 km
from Bordeaux: 385 km
from Strasbourg: 443 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fraisses): Aurec-sur-Loire, Caloire, Chambles, Firminy, La Chapelle-d'Aurec, Le Chambon-Feugerolles, Pont-Salomon, Roche-la-Moliere, Saint-Ferreol-d'Auroure, Saint-Just-Malmont, Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon and Unieux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Fraisses from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fraisses