La Gresle travel guide
Visit La Gresle: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Semur-en-Brionnais at 26 km from La Gresle
Location: La Gresle is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 72 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: La Gresle is 342 km from Paris and 571 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near La Gresle: these include Semur-en-Brionnais at 26 km and Oingt at 27 km. Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) is a listed religious monument at 13 km and Charlieu is a listed recommended detour at 13 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 Gresle, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Gresle
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Gresle.
Note that all distances from La Gresle shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Gresle 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 Gresle
- Cours-la-Ville: market every Wednesday & Saturday & Monday (4km)
- Charlieu: market every Wednesday & Saturday (13km)
- Amplepuis: market every Tuesday (13km)
- Chauffailles: market every Friday (15km)
- Le Coteau: market every Wednesday (16km)
- Roanne: market every Sunday & Friday (17km)
- La Clayette: market every Tuesday (24km)
- Beaujeu: market every Wednesday (25km)
- Marcigny: market every Monday (28km)
- Le Bois-d'Oingt: market every Tuesday (29km)
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 Gresle and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the La Gresle map below.
Grand Site Of France Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (42km)
Most Beautiful Village Semur-en-Brionnais (26km); Oingt (27km)
Recommended Detour Charlieu (13km); Trevoux (41km)
Religious Monument Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (13km); Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (15km); Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (21km); Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (26km); Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (31km); Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (31km); Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (32km); Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (36km); Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (43km); Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (43km); Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (45km); Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (47km); Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (49km)
Remarkable Garden Le jardin de Zéphyr (19km); Les Jardins du château de Drée (26km); Jardin du château de Chaumont (29km); Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (31km); Parc du château de Laye (34km); Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (35km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Cluny (49km)
Village D'etape Charolles (39km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Ecully (51km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc animalier de Courzieu (44km)
Map of places to visit near La Gresle & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gresle
Canton: Belmont-de-la-Loire
Arrondissement: Roanne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42460
Distance to La Gresle
from Saint-Etienne (local prefecture): 72 km
from Paris: 342 km
from Calais: 571 km
from Nice: 353 km
from Bordeaux: 403 km
from Strasbourg: 382 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Gresle): Bourg-de-Thizy, Boyer, Combre, Cours-la-Ville, Coutouvre, Cuinzier, Jarnosse, La Chapelle-de-Mardore, Le Cergne, Mardore, Marnand, Montagny, Pont-Trambouze, Sevelinges, Thizy and Villers.
Getting here
For driving distances to La Gresle from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Gresle