Bio travel guide
Visit Bio: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Gramat at 5 km from Bio
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).
Popular places to visit near Bio: these include Gramat at 5 km and Autoire at 9 km. Autoire is a listed most beautiful village at 9 km and Gouffre de Padirac is a listed site of natural beauty at 9 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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 our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Bio
- Bretenoux: market every Tuesday (15km)
- Vayrac: market every Thursday & Saturday (20km)
- Martel: market every Wednesday & Saturday (22km)
- Figeac: market every Saturday (27km)
- Souillac: market every Friday (27km)
- Meyssac: market every Tuesday & Friday (31km)
- Gourdon (Lot): market every Thursday - seasonal market only - (32km)
- Gourdon (Lot): market every Saturday (32km)
- Maurs: market every Thursday (33km)
- Monceaux-sur-Dordogne: market every Thursday - seasonal market only - (35km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Bio map below.
Grand Site Of France Rocamadour (13km)
Heritage Site Rocamadour basilique Saint-Sauveur (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (13km); Figeac Hopital St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (27km); Gréalou dolmen de Pech-Laglaire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (28km); Cahors cathédrale St Etienne (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (46km); Cahors Pont-Valentré (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (47km)
Most Beautiful Village Autoire (9km); Loubressac (10km); Carennac (16km); Curemonte (24km); Collonges-la-Rouge (33km); Turenne (34km); Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (37km)
National Monument Chateau Montal (11km); Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau (13km); Assier Chateau (14km)
Recommended Detour Figeac (28km); Gourdon (32km)
Regional Natural Parc Causses du Quercy (25km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint Pierre (Carennac) (16km); Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (27km); Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (32km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (42km); Jardins secrets de Cahors (46km); Jardins de l'Imaginaire (54km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Figeac (27km); Cahors (46km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Gouffre de Padirac (9km); Gouffre de la Fage (41km)
Town Of Art And History Figeac (28km); Cahors (46km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Cahors (46km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Le rocher des aigles (eagles) (14km)
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 (local prefecture): 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!
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