Sorbiers travel guide
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Visit Sorbiers: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sorbiers is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 6 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Sorbiers is 406 km from Paris and 637 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 8 km from Sorbiers
Popular places to visit near Sorbiers: these include Saint-Etienne at 8 km and Pelussin at 20 km.
Saint-Etienne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 6km and Pilat is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Sorbiers, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sorbiers
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sorbiers.
Note that all distances from Sorbiers shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sorbiers holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sorbiers (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 Sorbiers and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (41km) : Parc de Gerland (43km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (32km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (41km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (15km) : Ecully (41km) : Chaponnay (41km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (6km) : Vienne (34km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (16km) :
Map of places to visit near Sorbiers & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sorbiers
Canton: Saint-Héand
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42290
Distance to Sorbiers
from Saint-Etienne: 6 km
from Paris: 406 km
from Calais: 637 km
from Nice: 299 km
from Bordeaux: 401 km
from Strasbourg: 425 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sorbiers): La Talaudiere, La Tour-en-Jarez, Saint-Chamond, Saint-Etienne, Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez and Valfleury.
Getting here
For driving distances to Sorbiers from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sorbiers