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Visit Lay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lay is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 57 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Lay is 352 km from Paris and 582 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Oingt at 28 km from Lay
Popular places to visit near Lay: these include Oingt at 28 km and Bagnols at 30 km.
Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 23km and Charlieu is a listed 'recommended detour' at 23km. 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 Lay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lay
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lay.
Note that all distances from Lay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lay (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 Lay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le jardin de Zéphyr (33km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (36km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (40km) : Parc du château de Laye (41km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (41km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (28km) : Semur-en-Brionnais (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (23km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (36km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (42km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (41km) : Ecully (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (23km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (40km) : Trevoux (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Lay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lay
Canton: Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay
Arrondissement: Roanne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42470
Distance to Lay
from Saint-Etienne: 57 km
from Paris: 352 km
from Calais: 582 km
from Nice: 347 km
from Bordeaux: 394 km
from Strasbourg: 395 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lay): Chirassimont, Croizet-sur-Gand, Fourneaux, Neaux, Neulise, Pradines, Regny, Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay and Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins.
Getting here
For driving distances to Lay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lay