Besse travel guide
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Visit Besse: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Besse is situated in the Cantal department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 21 km from Aurillac, the department capital. (General information: Besse is 418 km from Paris and 652 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Salers at 12 km from Besse
Popular places to visit near Besse: these include Salers at 12 km and Tournemire at 12 km.
Salins is a listed 'town of art and history' at 11km and Tournemire is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 12km. 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 Besse, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Besse
See France This Way travel guides for Cantal and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Besse.
Note that all distances from Besse shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Besse holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Besse (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 Besse and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Verger de Déduit (14km) : Parc-arboretum de Neuvic d'Ussel (32km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau Montal (46km) : Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Tournemire (12km) : Salers (12km) : Curemonte (48km) : Loubressac (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Salins (11km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Riom-es-Montagnes (32km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy Mary (26km) :
Map of places to visit near Besse & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Besse
Canton: Saint-Cernin
Arrondissement: Aurillac
Department: Cantal
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 15140
Distance to Besse
from Aurillac: 21 km
from Paris: 418 km
from Calais: 652 km
from Nice: 420 km
from Bordeaux: 232 km
from Strasbourg: 565 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 Besse): Saint-Cernin, Saint-Cirgues-de-Malbert, Saint-Illide, Saint-Martin-Cantales and Sainte-Eulalie.
Getting here
For driving distances to Besse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Besse