Cayres travel guide

Cayres photo, taken in Arlempdes France

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Visit Cayres: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Cayres is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 14 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Cayres is 450 km from Paris and 685 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Arlempdes at 11 km from Cayres

Popular places to visit near Cayres: these include Arlempdes at 11 km and Le Puy-en-Velay at 14 km.

Lac du Bouchet is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 3km and Arlempdes is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 11km. 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 Cayres, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cayres

photo of Thueyts
Thueyts 43km
photo of Meyras
Meyras 45km
photo of Jaujac
Jaujac 48km

See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cayres.

Note that all distances from Cayres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Cayres holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cayres (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 Cayres and wondering what to do next!

  1. National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (14km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Arlempdes (11km) : Pradelles (19km) : La Garde-Guerin (46km) : Lavaudieu (46km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (15km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (26km) :
  4. Towns of Art and History: Le Puy en Velay (14km) :
  5. Recommended Detour Town: Le Puy-en-Velay (14km) :

Map of places to visit near Cayres & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Cayres

Canton: Cayres

Arrondissement: Puy-en-Velay

Department: Haute-Loire

Region: Auvergne

Postcode: 43510

Distance to Cayres

from Le Puy-en-Velay: 14 km

from Paris: 450 km

from Calais: 685 km

from Nice: 307 km

from Bordeaux: 345 km

from Strasbourg: 505 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cayres): Costaros, Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas, Le Brignon, Ouides, Seneujols and Solignac-sur-Loire.

Getting here

For driving distances to Cayres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Cayres