La Grand-Croix travel guide

La Grand-Croix photo, taken in Pelussin France

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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

photo of Vienne
Vienne 24km
photo of Eveux
Eveux 35km
photo of Lyon
Lyon 36km
photo of Bagnols
Bagnols 46km
photo of Anse
Anse 49km
photo of Theize
Theize 49km

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!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (36km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (38km) :
  2. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (22km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (34km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (36km) :
  3. Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (22km) : Chaponnay (32km) : Ecully (34km) :
  4. Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (36km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (15km) : Vienne (24km) :
  6. 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