Machezal travel guide
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Visit Machezal: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Machezal is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 52 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Machezal is 358 km from Paris and 587 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Oingt at 22 km from Machezal
Popular places to visit near Machezal: these include Oingt at 22 km and Bagnols at 24 km.
Oingt is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 22km and Charlieu is a listed 'recommended detour' at 28km. 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 Machezal, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Machezal
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Machezal.
Note that all distances from Machezal shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Machezal holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Machezal (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 Machezal and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (30km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (35km) : Parc du château de Laye (36km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (43km) : Parc de Gerland (46km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (46km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (46km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (22km) : Semur-en-Brionnais (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (28km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (41km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (45km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (48km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (48km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (37km) : Ecully (40km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (28km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (34km) : Trevoux (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Machezal & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Machézal
Canton: Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay
Arrondissement: Roanne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42114
Distance to Machezal
from Saint-Etienne: 52 km
from Paris: 358 km
from Calais: 587 km
from Nice: 340 km
from Bordeaux: 399 km
from Strasbourg: 394 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 Machezal): Amplepuis, Chirassimont, Croizet-sur-Gand, Fourneaux, Joux, Les Sauvages, Saint-Cyr-de-Valorges, Saint-Just-la-Pendue and Sainte-Colombe-sur-Gand.
Getting here
For driving distances to Machezal from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Machezal