Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez travel guide
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Visit Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 18 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez is 398 km from Paris and 630 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 19 km from Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez
Popular places to visit near Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez: these include Saint-Etienne at 19 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 29 km.
Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 16km and Saint-Etienne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 18km. 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-Marcellin-en-Forez, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez.
Note that all distances from Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez (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-Marcellin-en-Forez and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (21km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (16km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (18km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (27km) : Ambert (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez
Canton: Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42680
Distance to Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez
from Saint-Etienne: 18 km
from Paris: 398 km
from Calais: 630 km
from Nice: 316 km
from Bordeaux: 379 km
from Strasbourg: 437 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez): Boisset-Saint-Priest, Bonson, Saint-Cyprien, Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville, Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert and Sury-le-Comtal.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez