Saint-Germain-Laval travel guide
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Visit Saint-Germain-Laval: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Germain-Laval is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 51 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Germain-Laval is 359 km from Paris and 591 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 35 km from Saint-Germain-Laval
Popular places to visit near Saint-Germain-Laval: these include Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 35 km and Thiers at 36 km.
Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 36km and Col des Pradeaux is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 36km. 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 Saint-Germain-Laval, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Germain-Laval
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Germain-Laval.
Note that all distances from Saint-Germain-Laval shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Germain-Laval holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Germain-Laval (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-Germain-Laval and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (49km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (46km) : Semur-en-Brionnais (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (37km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (38km) : Charlieu (39km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Germain-Laval & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Germain-Laval
Canton: Saint-Germain-Laval
Arrondissement: Roanne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42260
Distance to Saint-Germain-Laval
from Saint-Etienne: 51 km
from Paris: 359 km
from Calais: 591 km
from Nice: 349 km
from Bordeaux: 375 km
from Strasbourg: 416 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Germain-Laval): Ailleux, Amions, Bussy-Albieux, Cezay, Grezolles, Lure, Nollieux, Pommiers, Saint-Julien-d'Oddes, Saint-Paul-de-Vezelin and Souternon.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Germain-Laval from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Germain-Laval