Viricelles travel guide
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Visit Viricelles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Viricelles is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 22 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Viricelles is 388 km from Paris and 618 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 24 km from Viricelles
Popular places to visit near Viricelles: these include Saint-Etienne at 24 km and Eveux at 27 km.
Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed 'recommended detour' at 7km and Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' 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 Viricelles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Viricelles
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Viricelles.
Note that all distances from Viricelles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Viricelles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Viricelles (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 Viricelles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (38km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (40km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (41km) : Jardin de l’écomusée (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (36km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (37km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (8km) : Ecully (34km) : Chaponnay (44km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (22km) : Vienne (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (7km) : Trevoux (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Viricelles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Viricelles
Canton: Chazelles-sur-Lyon
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42140
Distance to Viricelles
from Saint-Etienne: 22 km
from Paris: 388 km
from Calais: 618 km
from Nice: 315 km
from Bordeaux: 398 km
from Strasbourg: 414 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Viricelles): Bellegarde-en-Forez, Chazelles-sur-Lyon, Grezieu-le-Marche, Maringes, Meys, Pomeys, Saint-Cyr-les-Vignes, Saint-Denis-sur-Coise, Souzy and Virigneux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Viricelles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Viricelles