Violay travel guide
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Visit Violay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Violay is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 44 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Violay is 367 km from Paris and 596 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bagnols at 21 km from Violay
Popular places to visit near Violay: these include Bagnols at 21 km and Eveux at 21 km.
Oingt is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 21km and Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed 'recommended detour' at 26km. 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 Violay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Violay
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Violay.
Note that all distances from Violay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Violay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Violay (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 Violay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (28km) : Parc du château de Laye (37km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (39km) : Parc de Gerland (39km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (21km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (37km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (38km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (38km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (29km) : Ecully (34km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (26km) : Trevoux (34km) : Charlieu (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Violay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Violay
Canton: Néronde
Arrondissement: Roanne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42780
Distance to Violay
from Saint-Etienne: 44 km
from Paris: 367 km
from Calais: 596 km
from Nice: 332 km
from Bordeaux: 402 km
from Strasbourg: 397 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Violay): Affoux, Joux, Montchal, Saint-Cyr-de-Valorges, Saint-Marcel-l'Eclaire, Sainte-Agathe-en-Donzy, Tarare and Villecheneve.
Getting here
For driving distances to Violay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Violay