La Tour-en-Jarez travel guide
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Visit La Tour-en-Jarez: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Tour-en-Jarez is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 4 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: La Tour-en-Jarez is 405 km from Paris and 636 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 6 km from La Tour-en-Jarez
Popular places to visit near La Tour-en-Jarez: these include Saint-Etienne at 6 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 22 km.
Saint-Etienne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 4km and Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near La Tour-en-Jarez, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Tour-en-Jarez
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Tour-en-Jarez.
Note that all distances from La Tour-en-Jarez shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Tour-en-Jarez holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Tour-en-Jarez (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 Tour-en-Jarez and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (36km) : Parc de Gerland (47km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (37km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (45km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (13km) : Ecully (44km) : Chaponnay (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (4km) : Vienne (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (17km) :
Map of places to visit near La Tour-en-Jarez & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tour-en-Jarez
Canton: Saint-Héand
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42580
Distance to La Tour-en-Jarez
from Saint-Etienne: 4 km
from Paris: 405 km
from Calais: 636 km
from Nice: 302 km
from Bordeaux: 396 km
from Strasbourg: 428 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Tour-en-Jarez): La Fouillouse, La Talaudiere, Roche-la-Moliere, Saint-Etienne, Saint-Genest-Lerpt, Saint-Heand, Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, Sorbiers and Villars.
Getting here
For driving distances to La Tour-en-Jarez from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Tour-en-Jarez