Esplantas travel guide
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Visit Esplantas: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Esplantas is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 31 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Esplantas is 448 km from Paris and 684 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Allier gorges at 22 km from Esplantas
Popular places to visit near Esplantas: these include Allier gorges at 22 km and Aumont Aubrac at 29 km.
Lac du Bouchet is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 19km and Arlempdes is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 30km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Esplantas, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Esplantas
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Esplantas.
Note that all distances from Esplantas shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Esplantas holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Esplantas (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 Esplantas and wondering what to do next!
- National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (31km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Arlempdes (30km) : Pradelles (31km) : Lavaudieu (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (35km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (42km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (43km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Puy en Velay (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Le Puy-en-Velay (31km) : Saint-Flour (38km) : Marvejols (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Esplantas & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Esplantas
Canton: Saugues
Arrondissement: Puy-en-Velay
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43170
Distance to Esplantas
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 31 km
from Paris: 448 km
from Calais: 684 km
from Nice: 325 km
from Bordeaux: 325 km
from Strasbourg: 519 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 Esplantas): Chanaleilles, Croisances, Grezes, Saugues, Thoras and Vazeilles-Pres-Saugues.
Getting here
For driving distances to Esplantas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Esplantas