Premium private chauffeur in Saint-Étienne

Driver & Butler provides professional private chauffeurs in Saint-Étienne and across the Loire department. Founded in Nantes and operating since 2017, we pick you up at Saint-Étienne-Châteaucreux station, Saint-Étienne-Loire Airport, your hotel or your office, in a Mercedes sedan or van. We also drive you to Lyon-Saint-Exupéry Airport, Lyon-Part-Dieu station and the vineyards of the Rhône valley.

The price is fixed and known before you book: our engine calculates it as soon as you enter your journey. No surge pricing: night, weekend and public holiday surcharges are set in advance and shown in the quote. Tolls are extra.

Châteaucreux station and the airports around Saint-Étienne

Saint-Étienne-Châteaucreux station, at the heart of the business district of the same name, is the city's main gateway. A few direct TGV trains a day reach Paris-Gare de Lyon in about 2 hours 45 minutes, stopping at Lyon-Part-Dieu. Frequent regional TER trains run to Lyon in 40 to 50 minutes. Give your train number when you book: your chauffeur follows your actual arrival time.

Saint-Étienne-Loire Airport (EBU), in Andrézieux-Bouthéon, lies about 12 km north-west of the centre, some twenty minutes by road. It mainly handles seasonal and charter flights, as well as business aviation. Arriving by private jet? We can pick you up there too.

For most domestic and international flights, travellers use Lyon-Saint-Exupéry, about an hour's drive away. We cover this journey at a fixed price (see the sample prices above). Give your flight number when you book: your chauffeur tracks your actual landing time. As an option, your driver meets you in the arrivals hall with a name sign.

You can follow your flight or train live on our flight tracking and train tracking pages.

Business travel, meetings and conferences (MICE)

The Centre de Congrès de Saint-Étienne, 23 rue Ponchardier, occupies the former Manufrance site, close to the city centre. It has 17 meeting rooms and a 700-seat auditorium.

North-east of the centre, the Parc Expo, on the Plaine Achille, hosts trade shows and fairs, including the Saint-Étienne Fair every September. The Manufacture district brings together the Cité du design and the Zénith, a concert hall designed by Foster + Partners and opened in 2008.

For companies, agencies and event organisers:

• transfers between the station, the airports, hotels and event venues, in sedans and vans;
• chauffeur by the hour or by the day, on request, for site visits or back-to-back meetings;
• corporate account with monthly invoicing and negotiated rates;
• Factur-X (EN 16931) electronic invoices and the carbon footprint of every ride, calculated with the ADEME method.

For an event or regular volume, tell us what you need on our business and partners page.

Extend your stay: design, architecture and wine around Saint-Étienne

A meeting on Friday, one more day in the area: Saint-Étienne rewards anyone with an eye for design, modern architecture and fine wine. A few ideas with a chauffeur.

• The Cité du design: opened in 2009 on the site of the former arms factory, it is the emblem of a city that has been a UNESCO Creative City of Design since 2010. The next International Design Biennial is scheduled there for spring 2027.
• The Le Corbusier site in Firminy, about 10 km away: the Maison de la Culture, the Unité d'Habitation, the stadium and the Saint-Pierre church, completed in 2006. The Maison de la Culture has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2016.
• Museums: the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMC+), in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, holds one of the largest collections in France; the Museum of Art and Industry tells the story of arms, bicycles and ribbons; Couriot Musée de la mine brings the city's mining past to life.
• The Rhône valley vineyards: about 50 km to the east, Côte-Rôtie and Condrieu make renowned wines on terraced slopes above the river.
• The Pilat Regional Nature Park, on the city's doorstep, for a breath of fresh air among forests and viewpoints.

For local flavours, the Weiss chocolate house, founded in Saint-Étienne in 1882, has a shop in town; Fourme de Montbrison, a PDO blue cheese from the Forez hills, and râpée, a grated potato cake, complete the picture. For visitors from further afield, including Asia, the trip extends easily to Lyon, its cuisine and its old quarters, and we drive you door to door.

Why Driver & Butler, and how to book

Enter your journey on our website and the price appears straight away, before any payment. It is fixed and does not change with demand. Then choose your vehicle, sedan or van, and add any options you need, such as a meet-and-greet with a name sign. Then confirm and pay online, at any time of day.

• Professional private chauffeurs.
• Mercedes sedans and vans, alone or in a small group.
• Your flight or train number is used to match the pick-up to your actual arrival.
• Corporate account, monthly invoicing and Factur-X invoices for business travel.

A special request, a group or a full day in the vineyards? Contact us on our business and partners page and we will send you a quote.