Montchal travel guide
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Visit Montchal: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montchal 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: Montchal is 368 km from Paris and 598 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Eveux at 24 km from Montchal
Popular places to visit near Montchal: these include Eveux at 24 km and Bagnols at 25 km.
Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed 'recommended detour' at 24km and Oingt is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 25km. 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 Montchal, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montchal
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Montchal.
Note that all distances from Montchal shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montchal holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montchal (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 Montchal and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (32km) : Parc du château de Laye (41km) : Parc de Gerland (42km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (42km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (25km) :
- Religious monuments: Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (39km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (39km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (41km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (26km) : Ecully (36km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (24km) : Trevoux (38km) : Charlieu (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Montchal & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montchal
Canton: Feurs
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42360
Distance to Montchal
from Saint-Etienne: 42 km
from Paris: 368 km
from Calais: 598 km
from Nice: 332 km
from Bordeaux: 398 km
from Strasbourg: 402 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 Montchal): Bussieres, Chambost-Longessaigne, Civens, Cottance, Neronde, Panissieres, Rozier-en-Donzy, Sainte-Agathe-en-Donzy, Sainte-Colombe-sur-Gand and Violay.
Getting here
For driving distances to Montchal from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montchal