Aurec-sur-Loire travel guide

Aurec-sur-Loire photo, taken in Saint-Etienne France

Book Hotels

Reserve online, pay at the hotel

Aurec-sur-Loire hotels (& nearby)

Check in

Check out


'Best price guaranteed' by booking.com

See also: France car hire

Visit Aurec-sur-Loire: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Aurec-sur-Loire is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 45 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Aurec-sur-Loire is 412 km from Paris and 644 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 15 km from Aurec-sur-Loire

Popular places to visit near Aurec-sur-Loire: these include Saint-Etienne at 15 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 17 km.

Saint-Etienne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 16km and Jardin de l’écomusée is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 21km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Aurec-sur-Loire: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;

Photos taken within 10 km

Hover your mouse over photos of Aurec-sur-Loire for navigation buttons


Selected places to visit and attractions near Aurec-sur-Loire, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Aurec-sur-Loire

photo of Ambert
Ambert 42km

See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Aurec-sur-Loire.

Note that all distances from Aurec-sur-Loire shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Aurec-sur-Loire holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Aurec-sur-Loire (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 Haute-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 Aurec-sur-Loire and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (21km) :
  2. National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (45km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (39km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (39km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (45km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (25km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (16km) : Le Puy en Velay (45km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (34km) : Ambert (42km) : Le Puy-en-Velay (45km) :

Map of places to visit near Aurec-sur-Loire & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Aurec-sur-Loire

Canton: Aurec-sur-Loire

Arrondissement: Yssingeaux

Department: Haute-Loire

Region: Auvergne

Postcode: 43110

Distance to Aurec-sur-Loire

from Le Puy-en-Velay: 45 km

from Paris: 412 km

from Calais: 644 km

from Nice: 305 km

from Bordeaux: 381 km

from Strasbourg: 446 km

* distances are direct not by road!

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

More information

We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Aurec-sur-Loire): Caloire, Firminy, Fraisses, La Chapelle-d'Aurec, Malvalette, Pont-Salomon, Saint-Ferreol-d'Auroure, Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois, Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon and Unieux.

Getting here

For driving distances to Aurec-sur-Loire from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Aurec-sur-Loire