Marcilly-le-Chatel travel guide
Visit Marcilly-le-Chatel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 28 km from Marcilly-le-Chatel
Location: Marcilly-le-Chatel is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 40 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Marcilly-le-Chatel is 374 km from Paris and 606 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Marcilly-le-Chatel: these include Ambert at 28 km and Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 33 km. Col des Pradeaux is a listed site of natural beauty at 24 km and Saint-Galmier is a listed recommended detour at 25 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Marcilly-le-Chatel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Marcilly-le-Chatel
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Marcilly-le-Chatel.
Note that all distances from Marcilly-le-Chatel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Marcilly-le-Chatel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Marcilly-le-Chatel
- Boen: market every Thursday (6km)
- Montbrison: market every Saturday (10km)
- Feurs: market every Tuesday (15km)
- Montrond-les-Bains: market every Thursday (16km)
- Balbigny: market every Monday (18km)
- Sury-le-Comtal: market every Wednesday (21km)
- Veauche: market every Wednesday (24km)
- Saint-Galmier: market every Monday (25km)
- Noiretable: market every Saturday (25km)
- Andrezieux-Boutheon: market every Tuesday (25km)
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 Marcilly-le-Chatel and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Marcilly-le-Chatel map below.
Recommended Detour Saint-Galmier (25km); Ambert (28km); Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (33km)
Regional Natural Parc Livradois-Forez (36km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin de l’écomusée (35km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Thiers (42km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Col des Pradeaux (24km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (39km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (25km)
Map of places to visit near Marcilly-le-Chatel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Marcilly-le-Châtel
Canton: Boën
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42130
Distance to Marcilly-le-Chatel
from Saint-Etienne (local prefecture): 40 km
from Paris: 374 km
from Calais: 606 km
from Nice: 338 km
from Bordeaux: 373 km
from Strasbourg: 426 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Marcilly-le-Chatel): Boen, Chalain-d'Uzore, Champdieu, Marcoux, Montverdun, Pralong, Sail-sous-Couzan, Saint-Etienne-le-Molard, Saint-Paul-d'Uzore and Trelins.
Getting here
For driving distances to Marcilly-le-Chatel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Marcilly-le-Chatel