Genilac travel guide

Genilac photo, taken in Pelussin France

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Visit Genilac: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Genilac 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: Genilac is 404 km from Paris and 633 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Pelussin at 17 km from Genilac

Popular places to visit near Genilac: these include Pelussin at 17 km and Saint-Etienne at 19 km.

Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed 'recommended detour' at 13km and Saint-Etienne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 17km. 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 Genilac, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Genilac

photo of Vienne
Vienne 24km
photo of Eveux
Eveux 30km
photo of Lyon
Lyon 32km
photo of Bagnols
Bagnols 41km
photo of Theize
Theize 44km
photo of Anse
Anse 44km
photo of Oingt
Oingt 44km
photo of Trevoux
Trevoux 46km

See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Genilac.

Note that all distances from Genilac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Genilac holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Genilac (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 Genilac and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (32km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (34km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (45km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Oingt (44km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (21km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (30km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (32km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (20km) : Chaponnay (30km) : Ecully (30km) :
  5. Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (32km) :
  6. Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (17km) : Vienne (24km) :
  7. Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (13km) : Trevoux (46km) :

Map of places to visit near Genilac & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Genilac

Canton: Rive-de-Gier

Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne

Department: Loire

Region: Rhone-Alpes

Postcode: 42800

Distance to Genilac

from Saint-Etienne: 17 km

from Paris: 404 km

from Calais: 633 km

from Nice: 296 km

from Bordeaux: 411 km

from Strasbourg: 414 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 Genilac): Cellieu, Chagnon, La Grand-Croix, Lorette, Rive-de-Gier, Riverie, Saint-Didier-sous-Riverie, Saint-Joseph, Saint-Martin-la-Plaine, Saint-Maurice-sur-Dargoire, Saint-Romain-en-Jarez and Sainte-Catherine.

Getting here

For driving distances to Genilac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Genilac