Villars travel guide
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Visit Villars: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Villars is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 3 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Villars is 406 km from Paris and 637 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 5 km from Villars
Popular places to visit near Villars: these include Saint-Etienne at 5 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 20 km.
Saint-Etienne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 3km and Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 14km. 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 Villars, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Villars
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Villars.
Note that all distances from Villars shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Villars holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Villars (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 Villars and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (33km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (40km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (14km) : Ecully (48km) : Chaponnay (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (3km) : Vienne (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (20km) : Ambert (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Villars & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Villars
Canton: Saint-Étienne-Nord-Ouest-1
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42390
Distance to Villars
from Saint-Etienne: 3 km
from Paris: 406 km
from Calais: 637 km
from Nice: 303 km
from Bordeaux: 393 km
from Strasbourg: 432 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Villars): La Fouillouse, La Tour-en-Jarez, Roche-la-Moliere, Saint-Etienne, Saint-Genest-Lerpt and Saint-Priest-en-Jarez.
Getting here
For driving distances to Villars from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Villars