Saint-Etienne travel guide
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Visit Saint-Etienne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Etienne is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Loire department. (General information: Saint-Etienne is 409 km from Paris and 639 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Saint-Etienne (page also includes a photo gallery for Saint-Etienne)
Popular places to visit near Saint-Etienne: these include Saint-Etienne at 2 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 19 km.
Perdrix Crest is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 16km and Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Saint-Etienne: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Etienne, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Etienne
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Etienne.
Note that all distances from Saint-Etienne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Etienne holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Etienne (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 Saint-Etienne and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (36km) : Parc de Gerland (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (37km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (48km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (16km) : Chaponnay (46km) : Ecully (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (21km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Etienne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Étienne
Canton: Saint-Étienne
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42000
Distance to Saint-Etienne
from Saint-Etienne: 0 km
from Paris: 409 km
from Calais: 639 km
from Nice: 300 km
from Bordeaux: 396 km
from Strasbourg: 431 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Etienne): La Ricamarie, La Talaudiere, La Tour-en-Jarez, Roche-la-Moliere, Saint-Genest-Lerpt, Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, Sorbiers and Villars.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Etienne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Etienne