Cros travel guide
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Visit Cros: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cros is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 50 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Cros is 377 km from Paris and 611 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Bourboule at 17 km from Cros
Popular places to visit near Cros: these include La Bourboule at 17 km and Parc des Volcans at 20 km.
Puy de Sancy is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 18km and Banne d'Ordanche is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 20km. 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 Cros, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cros
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 Cros.
Note that all distances from Cros shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cros holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cros (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 Puy-de-Dome 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 Cros and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la Ganille (24km) : Parc-arboretum de Neuvic d'Ussel (28km) : Jardins de Cordès (30km) : Verger de Déduit (32km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (46km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (48km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Salers (38km) : Saint-Saturnin (44km) : Tournemire (48km) : Blesle (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (32km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (32km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (43km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (48km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Salins (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Riom-es-Montagnes (22km) : Meymac (35km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy Mary (41km) : Puy de Dome (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Cros & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cros
Canton: Tour-d'Auvergne
Arrondissement: Issoire
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63810
Distance to Cros
from Clermont-Ferrand: 50 km
from Paris: 377 km
from Calais: 611 km
from Nice: 419 km
from Bordeaux: 259 km
from Strasbourg: 521 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cros): Bagnols, Labessette, Lanobre, Larodde and Tremouille-Saint-Loup.
Getting here
For driving distances to Cros from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cros