La Tourette travel guide

La Tourette photo, taken in Saint-Etienne France

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Visit La Tourette: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: La Tourette is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 25 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: La Tourette is 404 km from Paris and 637 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 24 km from La Tourette

Popular places to visit near La Tourette: these include Saint-Etienne at 24 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 28 km.

Jardin de l’écomusée is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Col des Pradeaux is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 22km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near La Tourette, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Tourette

photo of Ambert
Ambert 30km

See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Tourette.

Note that all distances from La Tourette shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

La Tourette holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Tourette (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 Tourette and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (11km) :
  2. National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (44km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (35km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (42km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (43km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (27km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (25km) : Le Puy en Velay (44km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (30km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (38km) : Le Puy-en-Velay (44km) :

Map of places to visit near La Tourette & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Tourette

Canton: Saint-Bonnet-le-Château

Arrondissement: Montbrison

Department: Loire

Region: Rhone-Alpes

Postcode: 42380

Distance to La Tourette

from Saint-Etienne: 25 km

from Paris: 404 km

from Calais: 637 km

from Nice: 316 km

from Bordeaux: 371 km

from Strasbourg: 449 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Tourette): Aboen, Estivareilles, Luriecq, Merle-Leignec, Perigneux, Rozier-Cotes-d'Aurec, Saint-Bonnet-le-Chateau and Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas.

Getting here

For driving distances to La Tourette from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez La Tourette