La Grand-Croix travel guide
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Visit La Grand-Croix: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Grand-Croix is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 15 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: La Grand-Croix is 409 km from Paris and 638 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Pelussin at 13 km from La Grand-Croix
Popular places to visit near La Grand-Croix: these include Pelussin at 13 km and Saint-Etienne at 16 km.
Pilat is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 12km and Oeillon Crest is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for La Grand-Croix: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near La Grand-Croix, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Grand-Croix
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Grand-Croix.
Note that all distances from La Grand-Croix shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Grand-Croix holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Grand-Croix (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 La Grand-Croix and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (36km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (22km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (34km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (22km) : Chaponnay (32km) : Ecully (34km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (15km) : Vienne (24km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (17km) :
Map of places to visit near La Grand-Croix & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Grand-Croix
Canton: Grand-Croix
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42320
Distance to La Grand-Croix
from Saint-Etienne: 15 km
from Paris: 409 km
from Calais: 638 km
from Nice: 293 km
from Bordeaux: 410 km
from Strasbourg: 419 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Grand-Croix): Cellieu, Chagnon, Farnay, Genilac, Lorette, Rive-de-Gier, Saint-Chamond, Saint-Joseph, Saint-Martin-la-Plaine, Saint-Paul-en-Jarez and Saint-Romain-en-Jarez.
Getting here
For driving distances to La Grand-Croix from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Grand-Croix