Lavieu travel guide
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Visit Lavieu: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lavieu is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 29 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Lavieu is 390 km from Paris and 623 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 23 km from Lavieu
Popular places to visit near Lavieu: these include Ambert at 23 km and Saint-Etienne at 30 km.
Col des Pradeaux is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 15km and Jardin de l’écomusée is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 18km. 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 Lavieu, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lavieu
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lavieu.
Note that all distances from Lavieu shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lavieu holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lavieu (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 Lavieu and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (18km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (23km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (29km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (23km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Lavieu & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lavieu
Canton: Saint-Jean-Soleymieux
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42560
Distance to Lavieu
from Saint-Etienne: 29 km
from Paris: 390 km
from Calais: 623 km
from Nice: 327 km
from Bordeaux: 370 km
from Strasbourg: 440 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lavieu): Bard, Boisset-Saint-Priest, Chazelles-sur-Lavieu, Ecotay-l'Olme, Gumieres, Lezigneux, Margerie-Chantagret, Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville, Saint-Jean-Soleymieux, Saint-Thomas-la-Garde, Soleymieux and Verrieres-en-Forez.
Getting here
For driving distances to Lavieu from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lavieu