Planfoy travel guide
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Visit Planfoy: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Planfoy is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 9 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Planfoy is 417 km from Paris and 648 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 7 km from Planfoy
Popular places to visit near Planfoy: these include Saint-Etienne at 7 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 12 km.
Saint-Etienne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 9km and Perdrix Crest is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 10km. 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 Planfoy, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Planfoy
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Planfoy.
Note that all distances from Planfoy shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Planfoy holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Planfoy (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 Planfoy and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (38km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (25km) : Chaponnay (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (9km) : Vienne (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (28km) :
Map of places to visit near Planfoy & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Planfoy
Canton: Saint-Genest-Malifaux
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42660
Distance to Planfoy
from Saint-Etienne: 9 km
from Paris: 417 km
from Calais: 648 km
from Nice: 292 km
from Bordeaux: 398 km
from Strasbourg: 435 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Planfoy): La Ricamarie, La Valla-en-Gier, Saint-Genest-Malifaux, Saint-Romain-les-Atheux and Tarentaise.
Getting here
For driving distances to Planfoy from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Planfoy