Chastel travel guide
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Visit Chastel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chastel is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 45 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Chastel is 426 km from Paris and 661 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Allier gorges at 14 km from Chastel
Popular places to visit near Chastel: these include Allier gorges at 14 km and Saint-Flour at 19 km.
Saint-Flour is a listed 'recommended detour' at 19km and Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 21km. 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 Chastel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chastel
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chastel.
Note that all distances from Chastel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chastel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chastel (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 Chastel and wondering what to do next!
- National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (44km) : Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavaudieu (23km) : Blesle (29km) : Usson (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (21km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (24km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (40km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (41km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Puy en Velay (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Flour (19km) : Le Puy-en-Velay (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Chastel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chastel
Canton: Pinols
Arrondissement: Brioude
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43300
Distance to Chastel
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 45 km
from Paris: 426 km
from Calais: 661 km
from Nice: 349 km
from Bordeaux: 308 km
from Strasbourg: 515 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chastel): Chazelles, Cronce, Rageade, Saint-Austremoine, Soulages and Vedrines-Saint-Loup.
Getting here
For driving distances to Chastel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chastel