Maclas travel guide
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Visit Maclas: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Maclas 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: Maclas is 427 km from Paris and 656 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Malleval at 4 km from Maclas
Popular places to visit near Maclas: these include Malleval at 4 km and Pelussin at 6 km.
Oeillon Crest is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 7km and Perdrix Crest is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 9km. 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 Maclas, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Maclas
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Maclas.
Note that all distances from Maclas shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Maclas holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Maclas (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 Maclas and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin japonais (42km) : Parc de Gerland (46km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (27km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (45km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chaponnay (35km) : Saint-Galmier (38km) : Ecully (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (23km) : Saint-Etienne (25km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Maclas & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Maclas
Canton: Pélussin
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42520
Distance to Maclas
from Saint-Etienne: 25 km
from Paris: 427 km
from Calais: 656 km
from Nice: 276 km
from Bordeaux: 417 km
from Strasbourg: 427 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Maclas): Bessey, Brossainc, Charnas, Chavanay, Felines, Limony, Lupe, Malleval, Roisey, Saint-Appolinard, Saint-Jacques-d'Atticieux, Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette, Saint-Pierre-de-Boeuf, Veranne and Vinzieux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Maclas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Maclas