Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez travel guide
Visit Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 19 km from Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez
Location: Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 19 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).
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 16 km and Saint-Galmier is a listed recommended detour at 16 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-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 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-Marcellin-en-Forez
- Sury-le-Comtal: market every Wednesday (5km)
- Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (6km)
- Andrezieux-Boutheon: market every Tuesday (8km)
- Veauche: market every Wednesday (11km)
- Saint-Bonnet-le-Chateau: market every Friday (12km)
- Unieux: market every Wednesday & Saturday (13km)
- Roche-la-Moliere: market every Wednesday & Saturday (14km)
- Aurec-sur-Loire: market every Wednesday & Friday (14km)
- Montbrison: market every Saturday (14km)
- Firminy: market every Thursday all day & Saturday (15km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez map below.
Recommended Detour Saint-Galmier (16km); Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (27km); Ambert (34km)
Regional Natural Parc Pilat (35km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (47km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin de l’écomusée (21km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Col des Pradeaux (25km); Perdrix Crest (34km); Oeillon Crest (37km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (18km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (16km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (33km); Parc animalier de Courzieu (44km)
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 (local prefecture): 19 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!
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