Aurillac travel guide
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Visit Aurillac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Aurillac is situated in the Cantal department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Cantal department. (General information: Aurillac is 438 km from Paris and 672 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Aurillac (page also includes a photo gallery for Aurillac)
Popular places to visit near Aurillac: these include Aurillac at 1 km and Marcoles at 16 km.
Tournemire is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 16km and Salers is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 25km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Aurillac: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Aurillac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Aurillac
See France This Way travel guides for Cantal and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Aurillac.
Note that all distances from Aurillac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Aurillac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Aurillac (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 Aurillac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Verger de Déduit (32km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau Montal (45km) : Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Tournemire (16km) : Salers (25km) : Conques (36km) : Estaing (45km) : Autoire (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Salins (31km) : Figeac (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Riom-es-Montagnes (44km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy Mary (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Aurillac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Aurillac
Canton: Aurillac
Arrondissement: Aurillac
Department: Cantal
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 15000
Distance to Aurillac
from Aurillac: 0 km
from Paris: 438 km
from Calais: 672 km
from Nice: 408 km
from Bordeaux: 237 km
from Strasbourg: 574 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Aurillac): Arpajon-sur-Cere, Naucelles, Saint-Simon, Teissieres-de-Cornet and Ytrac.
Getting here
For driving distances to Aurillac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Aurillac