Lorette travel guide

Lorette photo, taken in Pelussin France

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Visit Lorette: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Lorette is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 16 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Lorette is 408 km from Paris and 637 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Pelussin at 13 km from Lorette

Popular places to visit near Lorette: these include Pelussin at 13 km and Saint-Etienne at 17 km.

Oeillon Crest is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 13km and Pilat is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 13km. 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 Lorette, France

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

photo of Vienne
Vienne 23km
photo of Lyon
Lyon 35km
photo of Eveux
Eveux 35km
photo of Bagnols
Bagnols 45km
photo of Anse
Anse 48km
photo of Theize
Theize 48km
photo of Oingt
Oingt 49km

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

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

Lorette holidays and travel

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

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (35km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (37km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (49km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Oingt (49km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (22km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (33km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (35km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (22km) : Chaponnay (31km) : Ecully (33km) :
  5. Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (35km) :
  6. Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (16km) : Vienne (23km) :
  7. Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (17km) :

Map of places to visit near Lorette & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Lorette

Canton: Grand-Croix

Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne

Department: Loire

Region: Rhone-Alpes

Postcode: 42420

Distance to Lorette

from Saint-Etienne: 16 km

from Paris: 408 km

from Calais: 637 km

from Nice: 293 km

from Bordeaux: 411 km

from Strasbourg: 418 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 Lorette): Cellieu, Chagnon, Chateauneuf, Farnay, Genilac, La Grand-Croix, Rive-de-Gier, Saint-Chamond, Saint-Joseph, Saint-Martin-la-Plaine, Saint-Paul-en-Jarez and Saint-Romain-en-Jarez.

Getting here

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

This page in French: Visitez Lorette