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Visit Roche: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Roche is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 39 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Roche is 380 km from Paris and 613 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 17 km from Roche
Popular places to visit near Roche: these include Ambert at 17 km and Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 28 km.
Col des Pradeaux is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 13km and Ambert is a listed 'recommended detour' at 17km. 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 Roche, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Roche
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Roche.
Note that all distances from Roche shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Roche holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Roche (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 Roche and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (25km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Usson (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (17km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Roche & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Roche
Canton: Montbrison
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42600
Distance to Roche
from Saint-Etienne: 39 km
from Paris: 380 km
from Calais: 613 km
from Nice: 338 km
from Bordeaux: 364 km
from Strasbourg: 438 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Roche): Bard, Chatelneuf, Essertines-en-Chatelneuf, Lerigneux, Saint-Bonnet-le-Courreau and Verrieres-en-Forez.
Getting here
For driving distances to Roche from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Roche