Marcoux travel guide
Visit Marcoux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 28 km from Marcoux
Location: Marcoux is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 42 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Marcoux is 372 km from Paris and 604 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Marcoux: these include Ambert at 28 km and Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 32 km. Col des Pradeaux is a listed site of natural beauty at 24 km and Saint-Galmier is a listed recommended detour at 27 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 Marcoux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Marcoux
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Marcoux.
Note that all distances from Marcoux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Marcoux 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 Marcoux
- Boen: market every Thursday (4km)
- Montbrison: market every Saturday (12km)
- Feurs: market every Tuesday (17km)
- Balbigny: market every Monday (18km)
- Montrond-les-Bains: market every Thursday (19km)
- Noiretable: market every Saturday (23km)
- Sury-le-Comtal: market every Wednesday (24km)
- Veauche: market every Wednesday (27km)
- Saint-Galmier: market every Monday (27km)
- Ambert: market every Thursday (28km)
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 Marcoux and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Marcoux map below.
National Monument Aulteribe Chateau (41km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Galmier (27km); Ambert (28km); Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (36km)
Regional Natural Parc Livradois-Forez (35km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin de l’écomusée (36km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Thiers (40km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Col des Pradeaux (24km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (41km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (27km)
Map of places to visit near Marcoux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Marcoux
Canton: Boën
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42130
Distance to Marcoux
from Saint-Etienne (local prefecture): 42 km
from Paris: 372 km
from Calais: 604 km
from Nice: 341 km
from Bordeaux: 372 km
from Strasbourg: 426 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Marcoux): Boen, Chalain-d'Uzore, Debats-Riviere-d'Orpra, Leigneux, Marcilly-le-Chatel, Montverdun, Pralong, Sail-sous-Couzan, Saint-Bonnet-le-Courreau, Saint-Etienne-le-Molard, Saint-Paul-d'Uzore and Trelins.
Getting here
For driving distances to Marcoux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Marcoux