Verrieres-en-Forez travel guide
Visit Verrieres-en-Forez: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 20 km from Verrieres-en-Forez
Location: Verrieres-en-Forez is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 34 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Verrieres-en-Forez is 386 km from Paris and 619 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Verrieres-en-Forez: these include Ambert at 20 km and Olliergues at 30 km. Col des Pradeaux is a listed site of natural beauty at 13 km and Ambert is a listed recommended detour at 20 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 Verrieres-en-Forez, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Verrieres-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 Verrieres-en-Forez.
Note that all distances from Verrieres-en-Forez shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Verrieres-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 Verrieres-en-Forez
- Montbrison: market every Saturday (7km)
- Sury-le-Comtal: market every Wednesday (15km)
- Saint-Bonnet-le-Chateau: market every Friday (17km)
- Boen: market every Thursday (19km)
- Montrond-les-Bains: market every Thursday (20km)
- Ambert: market every Thursday (20km)
- Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (21km)
- Usson-en-Forez: market every Sunday (21km)
- Andrezieux-Boutheon: market every Tuesday (21km)
- Veauche: market every Wednesday (22km)
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 Verrieres-en-Forez and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Verrieres-en-Forez map below.
National Monument Aulteribe Chateau (45km)
Recommended Detour Ambert (20km); Saint-Galmier (25km); Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (37km)
Regional Natural Parc Livradois-Forez (30km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin de l’écomusée (20km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Thiers (47km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Col des Pradeaux (13km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (33km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (25km)
Map of places to visit near Verrieres-en-Forez & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Verrières-en-Forez
Canton: Montbrison
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42600
Distance to Verrieres-en-Forez
from Saint-Etienne (local prefecture): 34 km
from Paris: 386 km
from Calais: 619 km
from Nice: 332 km
from Bordeaux: 367 km
from Strasbourg: 439 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have found 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Verrieres-en-Forez): Bard, Chazelles-sur-Lavieu, Ecotay-l'Olme, Essertines-en-Chatelneuf, Gumieres, Lavieu, Lerigneux, Lezigneux, Margerie-Chantagret, Montbrison, Roche and Saint-Antheme.
Getting here
For driving distances to Verrieres-en-Forez from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Verrieres-en-Forez