La Grand-Croix travel guide
Visit La Grand-Croix: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Pelussin at 13 km from La Grand-Croix
Location: La Grand-Croix is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 16 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).
Market days in La Grand-Croix: weekly market: Monday; (markets take place in the morning unless indicated)
Popular places to visit near La Grand-Croix: these include Pelussin at 13 km and Saint-Etienne at 16 km. Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine is a listed zoo or wildlife park at 5 km and Pilat is a listed regional natural parc at 12 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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 our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near La Grand-Croix
- La Grand-Croix: market every Monday (0km)
- Rive-de-Gier: market every Tuesday & Friday (3km)
- Saint-Chamond: market every Tuesday & Thursday (6km)
- La Talaudiere: market every Tuesday & Saturday (11km)
- Saint-Etienne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday all day & Thursday all day & Sunday all day & Saturday & Monday & Friday (15km)
- Mornant: market every Friday (15km)
- Condrieu: market every Monday - seasonal market only - (16km)
- Condrieu: market every Friday (16km)
- Maclas: market every Thursday (18km)
- Givors: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Friday (18km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the La Grand-Croix map below.
Aquarium Aquarium de Lyon (31km)
Heritage Site Historic Lyon (36km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (17km); Saint-Galmier (22km)
Regional Natural Parc Pilat (12km)
Religious Monument Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (34km); Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (36km)
Remarkable Garden Parc de Gerland (36km); Parc de la Tête d'Or (38km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Lyon (36km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Oeillon Crest (13km); Perdrix Crest (13km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (15km); Vienne (24km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (22km); Chaponnay (32km); Ecully (34km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (5km); Parc animalier de Courzieu (28km); Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon (38km); Parc de la Tête d'Or (38km)
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 (local prefecture): 16 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!
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