Esplantas travel guide
Visit Esplantas: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Allier gorges at 22 km from Esplantas
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).
Popular places to visit near Esplantas: these include Allier gorges at 22 km and Aumont Aubrac at 29 km. Réserve de bisons d'Europe de Sainte-Eulalie is a listed zoo or wildlife park at 13 km and Lac du Bouchet is a listed site of natural beauty at 19 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 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 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 Haute-Loire gites and villas
Markets near Esplantas
- Langeac: market every Tuesday & Thursday & (22km)
- Landos: market every Tuesday (23km)
- Costaros: market every Monday (24km)
- Saint-Chely-d'Apcher: market every Thursday (24km)
- Pradelles: market every Thursday (31km)
- Polignac: market every Wednesday (31km)
- Le Puy-en-Velay: market every Wednesday & Saturday (31km)
- Coubon: market every Sunday (31km)
- Langogne: market every Saturday (32km)
- Chadrac: market every Sunday (32km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Esplantas map below.
Heritage Site Le Puy-en-Velay Hotel-Dieu St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (31km); Le Puy-en-Velay cathédrale Notre-Dame (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (31km)
Most Beautiful Village Arlempdes (30km); Pradelles (31km); Lavaudieu (40km)
Recommended Detour Le Puy-en-Velay (31km); Saint-Flour (38km); Marvejols (44km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (35km); Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (42km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Le Puy-en-Velay (31km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Lac du Bouchet (19km); Cascade du Déroc (48km)
Town Of Art And History Le Puy-en-Velay (31km)
Village D'etape Aumont-Aubrac (29km); Massiac (47km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Réserve de bisons d'Europe de Sainte-Eulalie (13km)
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 (local prefecture): 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!
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