Blesle travel guide
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Visit Blesle: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Blesle is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 64 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Blesle is 398 km from Paris and 634 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Blesle (page also includes a photo gallery for Blesle)
Popular places to visit near Blesle: these include Brioude at 17 km and Lavaudieu at 23 km.
Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km and Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Blesle: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; One of the 'most beautiful villages in France' (see also beautiful French villages);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Blesle, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Blesle
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Blesle.
Note that all distances from Blesle shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Blesle holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Blesle (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 Haute-Loire 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 Blesle and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Hauterive (26km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (42km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (46km) : Jardins de Cordès (48km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (18km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavaudieu (23km) : Usson (27km) : Montpeyroux (34km) : Saint-Saturnin (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (16km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (17km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (26km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (35km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (26km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Flour (32km) : Riom-es-Montagnes (40km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy Mary (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Blesle & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Blesle
Canton: Blesle
Arrondissement: Brioude
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43450
Distance to Blesle
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 64 km
from Paris: 398 km
from Calais: 634 km
from Nice: 371 km
from Bordeaux: 299 km
from Strasbourg: 502 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Blesle): Auriac-l'Eglise, Autrac, Espalem, Grenier-Montgon, Laurie, Leotoing, Saint-Etienne-sur-Blesle and Torsiac.
Getting here
For driving distances to Blesle from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Blesle