Pradines travel guide
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Visit Pradines: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pradines is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 63 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Pradines is 346 km from Paris and 576 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Semur-en-Brionnais at 30 km from Pradines
Popular places to visit near Pradines: these include Semur-en-Brionnais at 30 km and Oingt at 32 km.
Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 18km and Charlieu is a listed 'recommended detour' at 18km. 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 Pradines, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pradines
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pradines.
Note that all distances from Pradines shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pradines holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pradines (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 Pradines and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le jardin de Zéphyr (30km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (36km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (36km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (38km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (40km) : Parc du château de Laye (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (30km) : Oingt (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (18km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (30km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (37km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (40km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (18km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (46km) : Trevoux (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Pradines & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pradines
Canton: Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay
Arrondissement: Roanne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42630
Distance to Pradines
from Saint-Etienne: 63 km
from Paris: 346 km
from Calais: 576 km
from Nice: 353 km
from Bordeaux: 393 km
from Strasbourg: 394 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pradines): Lay, Montagny, Neaux, Notre-Dame-de-Boisset, Perreux, Regny, Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay and Saint-Vincent-de-Boisset.
Getting here
For driving distances to Pradines from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pradines