Briffons travel guide
Visit Briffons: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in La Bourboule at 14 km from Briffons
Location: Briffons is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 34 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Briffons is 352 km from Paris and 587 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Briffons: these include La Bourboule at 14 km and Orcival at 15 km. Banne d'Ordanche is a listed site of natural beauty at 13 km and Jardins de Cordès is a listed remarkable garden at 15 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 Briffons, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Briffons
See France This Way travel guides for Puy-de-Dome and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Briffons.
Note that all distances from Briffons shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Briffons 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 France and Puy-de-Dome gites and villas
Markets near Briffons
- La Bourboule: market every Saturday (14km)
- Mont-Dore: market every Friday all day (18km)
- Murol: market every Wednesday (26km)
- Saint-Nectaire: market every Sunday - seasonal market only - (29km)
- Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise: market every Monday (30km)
- Ussel: market every Saturday (32km)
- Chamalieres: market every Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday (33km)
- Clermont-Ferrand: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday (34km)
- Bort-les-Orgues: market every Tuesday & Saturday (36km)
- Aubiere: market every Sunday (36km)
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 Briffons and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Briffons map below.
Grand Site Of France Puy de Dome (25km)
Heritage Site Clermont-Ferrand église Notre-Dame-du-Port (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (35km)
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Saturnin (34km)
Recommended Detour Meymac (42km); Aubusson (48km)
Regional Natural Parc Volcans d'Auvergne (38km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (15km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (27km); Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (31km); Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (33km); Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (37km); Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (43km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins de Cordès (15km); Jardin de la Ganille (32km); Jardins du château de la Batisse (34km); Jardins du château d'Opme (35km); Parc du château de Blanzat (36km); Parc-arboretum de Neuvic d'Ussel (46km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Clermont-Ferrand (34km); Riom (42km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Banne d'Ordanche (13km); Lac du Guery (16km); Puy de Sancy (22km); Lac Pavin (29km)
Town Of Art And History Marsat (38km); Mozac (38km); Riom (42km)
Map of places to visit near Briffons & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Briffons
Canton: Bourg-Lastic
Arrondissement: Clermont-Ferrand
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63820
Distance to Briffons
from Clermont-Ferrand (local prefecture): 34 km
from Paris: 352 km
from Calais: 587 km
from Nice: 427 km
from Bordeaux: 270 km
from Strasbourg: 501 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Briffons): Heume-l'Eglise, Laqueuille, Saint-Germain-Pres-Herment, Saint-Julien-Puy-Laveze and Tortebesse.
Getting here
For driving distances to Briffons from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Briffons