Saint-Thomas-la-Garde travel guide
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Visit Saint-Thomas-la-Garde: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Thomas-la-Garde is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 27 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Thomas-la-Garde is 388 km from Paris and 621 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 26 km from Saint-Thomas-la-Garde
Popular places to visit near Saint-Thomas-la-Garde: these include Ambert at 26 km and Saint-Etienne at 28 km.
Col des Pradeaux is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 19km and Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 19km. 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-Thomas-la-Garde, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Thomas-la-Garde
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Thomas-la-Garde.
Note that all distances from Saint-Thomas-la-Garde shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Thomas-la-Garde holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Thomas-la-Garde (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-Thomas-la-Garde and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (22km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (19km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (27km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (26km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Thomas-la-Garde & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Thomas-la-Garde
Canton: Montbrison
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42600
Distance to Saint-Thomas-la-Garde
from Saint-Etienne: 27 km
from Paris: 388 km
from Calais: 621 km
from Nice: 326 km
from Bordeaux: 374 km
from Strasbourg: 435 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-Thomas-la-Garde): Bard, Ecotay-l'Olme, Grezieux-le-Fromental, Lavieu, Lezigneux, Margerie-Chantagret, Montbrison, Precieux, Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville, Saint-Romain-le-Puy and Savigneux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Thomas-la-Garde from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Thomas-la-Garde