Allanche travel guide

Allanche photo, taken in Parc des Volcans France

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Visit Allanche: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Allanche is situated in the Cantal department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 52 km from Aurillac, the department capital. (General information: Allanche is 406 km from Paris and 641 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Parc des Volcans at 19 km from Allanche

Popular places to visit near Allanche: these include Parc des Volcans at 19 km and Blesle at 21 km.

Volcans d'Auvergne is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 19km and Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 21km. 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 Allanche, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Allanche

photo of Blesle
Blesle 21km
photo of Salers
Salers 36km
photo of Brioude
Brioude 36km
photo of Murol
Murol 39km
photo of Issoire
Issoire 43km
photo of Usson
Usson 46km
photo of Mauriac
Mauriac 47km

See France This Way travel guides for Cantal and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Allanche.

Note that all distances from Allanche shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Allanche holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Allanche (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 France and Cantal 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 Allanche and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Verger de Déduit (39km) : Jardins du château d'Hauterive (43km) :
  2. National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (34km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Blesle (21km) : Salers (36km) : Tournemire (40km) : Lavaudieu (41km) : Usson (46km) : Montpeyroux (49km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (21km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (34km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (36km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (40km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (43km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (49km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Salins (43km) : Issoire (43km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Riom-es-Montagnes (22km) : Saint-Flour (25km) :
  7. Grand Site of France: Puy Mary (24km) :

Map of places to visit near Allanche & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Allanche

Canton: Allanche

Arrondissement: Saint-Flour

Department: Cantal

Region: Auvergne

Postcode: 15160

Distance to Allanche

from Aurillac: 52 km

from Paris: 406 km

from Calais: 641 km

from Nice: 383 km

from Bordeaux: 279 km

from Strasbourg: 522 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Allanche): Landeyrat, Pradiers, Vernols and Veze.

Getting here

For driving distances to Allanche from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Allanche