Marcilly-le-Chatel travel guide

Marcilly-le-Chatel photo, taken in Ambert France

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Visit Marcilly-le-Chatel: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Marcilly-le-Chatel is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 39 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).

Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 28 km from Marcilly-le-Chatel

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 24km and Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 25km. 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 Marcilly-le-Chatel, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Marcilly-le-Chatel

photo of Ambert
Ambert 28km
photo of Thiers
Thiers 42km
photo of Eveux
Eveux 47km

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 hotels in and near to Marcilly-le-Chatel (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 Marcilly-le-Chatel and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (35km) :
  2. National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (43km) :
  3. Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (25km) :
  4. Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (39km) :
  5. Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (28km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (33km) :

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: 39 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!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

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