Saint-Christo-en-Jarez travel guide
Visit Saint-Christo-en-Jarez: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 14 km from Saint-Christo-en-Jarez
Location: Saint-Christo-en-Jarez is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 14 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Christo-en-Jarez is 402 km from Paris and 632 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Saint-Christo-en-Jarez: these include Saint-Etienne at 14 km and Pelussin at 21 km. Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine is a listed zoo or wildlife park at 8 km and Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed recommended detour at 10 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 Saint-Christo-en-Jarez, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Christo-en-Jarez
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Christo-en-Jarez.
Note that all distances from Saint-Christo-en-Jarez shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Christo-en-Jarez 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 Saint-Christo-en-Jarez
- La Grand-Croix: market every Monday (8km)
- La Talaudiere: market every Tuesday & Saturday (8km)
- Saint-Chamond: market every Tuesday & Thursday (8km)
- Rive-de-Gier: market every Tuesday & Friday (9km)
- Saint-Etienne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday all day & Thursday all day & Sunday all day & Saturday & Monday & Friday (13km)
- Chazelles-sur-Lyon: market every Friday (13km)
- Saint-Galmier: market every Monday (14km)
- Veauche: market every Wednesday (16km)
- Mornant: market every Friday (17km)
- Andrezieux-Boutheon: market every Tuesday (18km)
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 Saint-Christo-en-Jarez and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Saint-Christo-en-Jarez map below.
Aquarium Aquarium de Lyon (32km)
Heritage Site Historic Lyon (36km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (10km); Saint-Galmier (14km)
Regional Natural Parc Pilat (19km)
Religious Monument Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (35km); Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (36km)
Remarkable Garden Parc de Gerland (36km); Parc de la Tête d'Or (39km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Lyon (37km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Perdrix Crest (19km); Oeillon Crest (20km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (13km); Vienne (31km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (14km); Ecully (34km); Chaponnay (36km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (8km); Parc animalier de Courzieu (25km); Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon (39km); Parc de la Tête d'Or (39km)
Map of places to visit near Saint-Christo-en-Jarez & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Christo-en-Jarez
Canton: Saint-Héand
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42320
Distance to Saint-Christo-en-Jarez
from Saint-Etienne (local prefecture): 14 km
from Paris: 402 km
from Calais: 632 km
from Nice: 301 km
from Bordeaux: 404 km
from Strasbourg: 419 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Christo-en-Jarez): Cellieu, Chagnon, Chatelus, Fontanes, Grammond, La Gimond, Marcenod, Saint-Romain-en-Jarez and Valfleury.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Christo-en-Jarez from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Christo-en-Jarez