Tarentaise travel guide
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Visit Tarentaise: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Tarentaise is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 12 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Tarentaise is 420 km from Paris and 650 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 10 km from Tarentaise
Popular places to visit near Tarentaise: these include Saint-Etienne at 10 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 13 km.
Perdrix Crest is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 7km and Pilat is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 8km. 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 Tarentaise, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Tarentaise
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Tarentaise.
Note that all distances from Tarentaise shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Tarentaise holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Tarentaise (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 Tarentaise and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (28km) : Chaponnay (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (12km) : Vienne (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Tarentaise & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tarentaise
Canton: Saint-Genest-Malifaux
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42660
Distance to Tarentaise
from Saint-Etienne: 12 km
from Paris: 420 km
from Calais: 650 km
from Nice: 288 km
from Bordeaux: 402 km
from Strasbourg: 434 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Tarentaise): La Valla-en-Gier, Le Bessat, Planfoy, Saint-Genest-Malifaux and Thelis-la-Combe.
Getting here
For driving distances to Tarentaise from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Tarentaise