Aurel travel guide
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Visit Aurel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Aurel is situated in the Drome department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the south-east of France at 41 km from Valence, the department capital. (General information: Aurel is 514 km from Paris and 741 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Crest at 22 km from Aurel
Popular places to visit near Aurel: these include Crest at 22 km and Provencal Drome at 27 km.
Cirque d'Archiane is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 17km and Crest is a listed 'recommended detour' at 22km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Aurel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Aurel
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Aurel.
Note that all distances from Aurel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Aurel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Aurel (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 Rhone-Alpes and Drome 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 Aurel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc Jouvet (41km) : Jardin japonais (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mirmande (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint-Apollinaire (Valence) (41km) : Abbatiale Sainte-Marie (Cruas) (42km) : Abbaye d'Aiguebelle (Montjoyer) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Montelier (34km) : Valence (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Crest (22km) : Nyons (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Aurel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Aurel
Canton: Saillans
Arrondissement: Die
Department: Drome
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 26340
Distance to Aurel
from Valence: 41 km
from Paris: 514 km
from Calais: 741 km
from Nice: 192 km
from Bordeaux: 464 km
from Strasbourg: 471 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Aurel): Barnave, Barsac, Espenel, Rimon-et-Savel, Saint-Benoit-en-Diois and Vercheny.
Getting here
For driving distances to Aurel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Aurel