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Visit Bio: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bio is situated in the Lot department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France at 46 km from Cahors, the department capital. (General information: Bio is 455 km from Paris and 686 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Gramat at 5 km from Bio
Popular places to visit near Bio: these include Gramat at 5 km and Autoire at 9 km.
Gouffre de Padirac is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 9km and Autoire is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 9km. 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 Bio, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bio
See France This Way travel guides for Lot and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bio.
Note that all distances from Bio shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bio holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bio (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 Midi-Pyrenees and Lot 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 Bio and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (42km) : Jardin de la Daille (44km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (45km) : Jardins secrets de Cahors (46km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (49km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (49km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau Montal (11km) : Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau (13km) : Assier Chateau (14km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Autoire (9km) : Loubressac (10km) : Carennac (16km) : Curemonte (24km) : Collonges-la-Rouge (33km) : Turenne (34km) : Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (37km) : Domme (45km) : La Roque-Gageac (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Carennac) (16km) : Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (27km) : Cathédrale de Saint-Étienne (Cahors) (46km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (46km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cahors (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Figeac (28km) : Sarlat (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (32km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (13km) :
Map of places to visit near Bio & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bio
Canton: Gramat
Arrondissement: Gourdon
Department: Lot
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 46500
Distance to Bio
from Cahors: 46 km
from Paris: 455 km
from Calais: 686 km
from Nice: 453 km
from Bordeaux: 186 km
from Strasbourg: 621 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bio): Albiac, Aynac, Gramat, Issendolus, Lavergne, Mayrinhac-Lentour, Rueyres, Saignes, Saint-Jean-Lagineste, Thegra and Themines.
Getting here
For driving distances to Bio from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bio