* Saint-Etienne, city of Design and History, is outstanding for its taste for enterprise, its passion for nature, and its love of art, all of which make it an attractive metropolis. With many parks and myriad gardens, Saint-Etienne breathes easily. A town in the countryside, it thrives on artistic creativity, rare museums and historic treasures, and will be delighted to win you over.
* Don't Miss
- Musée d’Art Moderne
- Musée d’Art et d’Industrie: arms, ribbon manufacturing, bicycles.
- The Saint-Jacques district, its pedestrianized streets and its restored 17th-century and 18th-century buildings
- Musée de la Mine: mining museum
- Astronef and the Fauriel site: a former factory that is now a business and conference center
- Pilat regional nature park
- The armorers and soft-furnishing districts on the hills
- The hundred-year-old tramway
- Chocolate (a tradition going back to the end of the 18th century)
- The medieval town of Saint-Victor and the gorges of the Loire…
*Getting there
- Train station: Saint-Etienne Châteaucreux (high-speed train: 2 hrs 50 mins from Paris)
- Airport: Saint-Etienne Andrézieux-Bouthéon (12 km from the city center)
- Motorways: A47 and A72, R-88 and 82 (520 km from Paris)
* Contact
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Totem, Office de Tourisme de Saint-Etienne et sa région
16 avenue de la Libération
42029 Saint-Etienne Cedex 1
33 (0)892 700 542
Fax: 33 (0)4 77 49 39 03
information@tourisme-st-etienne.com
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