Montarcher travel guide
Visit Montarcher: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 22 km from Montarcher
Location: Montarcher is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 31 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Montarcher is 398 km from Paris and 631 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Montarcher: these include Ambert at 22 km and La Chaise-Dieu at 28 km. Jardin de l’écomusée is a listed remarkable garden at 9 km and Col des Pradeaux is a listed site of natural beauty at 14 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 Montarcher, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montarcher
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Montarcher.
Note that all distances from Montarcher shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montarcher 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 Montarcher
- Saint-Bonnet-le-Chateau: market every Friday (7km)
- Usson-en-Forez: market every Sunday (9km)
- Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon: market every Wednesday (12km)
- Montbrison: market every Saturday (17km)
- Sury-le-Comtal: market every Wednesday (17km)
- Craponne-sur-Arzon: market every Saturday & (19km)
- Bas-en-Basset: market every Wednesday (19km)
- Aurec-sur-Loire: market every Wednesday & Friday (19km)
- Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (20km)
- Arlanc: market every Monday (22km)
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 Montarcher and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Montarcher map below.
National Monument Aulteribe Chateau (52km)
Recommended Detour Ambert (22km); Saint-Galmier (29km); Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (41km)
Regional Natural Parc Livradois-Forez (32km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (36km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin de l’écomusée (9km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Col des Pradeaux (14km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (31km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (29km)
Map of places to visit near Montarcher & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montarcher
Canton: Saint-Jean-Soleymieux
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42380
Distance to Montarcher
from Saint-Etienne (local prefecture): 31 km
from Paris: 398 km
from Calais: 631 km
from Nice: 325 km
from Bordeaux: 365 km
from Strasbourg: 449 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Montarcher): Estivareilles, La Chapelle-en-Lafaye, La Chaulme, Marols, Saint-Bonnet-le-Chateau, Saint-Clement-de-Valorgue, Saint-Jean-Soleymieux and Soleymieux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Montarcher from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montarcher