Ambert travel guide
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Visit Ambert: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ambert is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 57 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Ambert is 382 km from Paris and 616 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Ambert
Popular places to visit near Ambert: these include Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 19 km and La Chaise-Dieu at 25 km.
Col des Pradeaux is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 9km and Livradois-Forez is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Ambert: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Ambert, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ambert
See France This Way travel guides for Puy-de-Dome and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ambert.
Note that all distances from Ambert shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ambert holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ambert (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 Puy-de-Dome 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 Ambert and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (24km) : Jardins du château d'Hauterive (38km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (31km) : Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Usson (31km) : Lavaudieu (39km) : Montpeyroux (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (38km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (40km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Ambert & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ambert
Canton: Ambert
Arrondissement: Ambert
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63600
Distance to Ambert
from Clermont-Ferrand: 57 km
from Paris: 382 km
from Calais: 616 km
from Nice: 347 km
from Bordeaux: 347 km
from Strasbourg: 454 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ambert): Champetieres, La Forie, Le Monestier, Saint-Ferreol-Des-Cotes, Saint-Martin-Des-Olmes, Thiolieres and Valcivieres.
Getting here
For driving distances to Ambert from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ambert