Mars travel guide
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Visit Mars: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Mars is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 79 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Mars is 332 km from Paris and 561 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Semur-en-Brionnais at 17 km from Mars
Popular places to visit near Mars: these include Semur-en-Brionnais at 17 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 23 km.
Charlieu is a listed 'recommended detour' at 6km and Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km. 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 Mars, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mars
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Mars.
Note that all distances from Mars shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mars holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Mars (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 Mars and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le jardin de Zéphyr (12km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (18km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (19km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (22km) : Parc du château de Laye (38km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (41km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (17km) : Oingt (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (6km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (22km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (22km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (27km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (34km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (34km) : Macon (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (6km) : Trevoux (47km) : Lapalisse (48km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Mars & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mars
Canton: Charlieu
Arrondissement: Roanne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42750
Distance to Mars
from Saint-Etienne: 79 km
from Paris: 332 km
from Calais: 561 km
from Nice: 362 km
from Bordeaux: 403 km
from Strasbourg: 378 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Mars): Arcinges, Chandon, Charlieu, Coublanc, Cuinzier, Ecoche, Jarnosse, Le Cergne, Maizilly, Saint-Denis-de-Cabanne, Saint-Edmond, Saint-Hilaire-sous-Charlieu, Saint-Igny-de-Roche, Saint-Martin-de-Lixy, Tancon and Villers.
Getting here
For driving distances to Mars from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mars