Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire travel guide
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Visit Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 34 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire is 367 km from Paris and 595 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bagnols at 14 km from Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire
Popular places to visit near Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire: these include Bagnols at 14 km and Oingt at 14 km.
Oingt is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 14km and Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 21km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire.
Note that all distances from Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire (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 Rhone 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-Marcel-l'Eclaire and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (21km) : Parc du château de Laye (31km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (34km) : Parc de Gerland (34km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (40km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (14km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (33km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (34km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (38km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ecully (29km) : Saint-Galmier (33km) : Chaponnay (48km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (27km) : Trevoux (27km) : Charlieu (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Marcel-l'Éclairé
Canton: Tarare
Arrondissement: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69170
Distance to Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire
from Lyon: 34 km
from Paris: 367 km
from Calais: 595 km
from Nice: 329 km
from Bordeaux: 408 km
from Strasbourg: 392 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-Marcel-l'Eclaire): Affoux, Ancy, Dareize, Joux, Les Sauvages, Pontcharra-sur-Turdine, Saint-Clement-sur-Valsonne, Saint-Forgeux, Saint-Loup, Tarare and Violay.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire