Saint-Joseph travel guide
Visit Saint-Joseph: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Pelussin at 16 km from Saint-Joseph
Location: Saint-Joseph is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 22 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Joseph is 405 km from Paris and 633 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Saint-Joseph: these include Pelussin at 16 km and Vienne at 21 km. Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine is a listed zoo or wildlife park at 3 km and Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed recommended detour at 15 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-Joseph, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Joseph
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Joseph.
Note that all distances from Saint-Joseph shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Joseph 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-Joseph
- Rive-de-Gier: market every Tuesday & Friday (4km)
- La Grand-Croix: market every Monday (7km)
- Mornant: market every Friday (8km)
- Saint-Chamond: market every Tuesday & Thursday (12km)
- Givors: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Friday (12km)
- Condrieu: market every Monday - seasonal market only - (16km)
- Condrieu: market every Friday (16km)
- La Talaudiere: market every Tuesday & Saturday (17km)
- Brignais: market every Saturday (17km)
- Chaponost: market every Sunday (20km)
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-Joseph and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Saint-Joseph map below.
Aquarium Aquarium de Lyon (24km)
Heritage Site Historic Lyon (29km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (15km); Saint-Galmier (24km)
Regional Natural Parc Pilat (18km)
Religious Monument Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (27km); Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (29km)
Remarkable Garden Parc de Gerland (29km); Parc de la Tête d'Or (31km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Lyon (29km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Oeillon Crest (18km); Perdrix Crest (20km)
Town Of Art And History Vienne (21km); Saint-Etienne (21km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (24km); Chaponnay (26km); Ecully (27km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (3km); Parc animalier de Courzieu (22km); Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon (31km); Parc de la Tête d'Or (31km)
Map of places to visit near Saint-Joseph & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Joseph
Canton: Rive-de-Gier
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42800
Distance to Saint-Joseph
from Saint-Etienne (local prefecture): 22 km
from Paris: 405 km
from Calais: 633 km
from Nice: 294 km
from Bordeaux: 415 km
from Strasbourg: 412 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 18 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Joseph): Cellieu, Chagnon, Chateauneuf, Dargoire, Genilac, La Grand-Croix, Longes, Lorette, Rive-de-Gier, Riverie, Saint-Andeol-le-Chateau, Saint-Didier-sous-Riverie, Saint-Jean-de-Touslas, Saint-Martin-la-Plaine, Saint-Maurice-sur-Dargoire, Sainte-Catherine, Tartaras and Treves.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Joseph from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Joseph