Esplantas travel guide

Esplantas photo, taken in Allier gorges France

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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.

Photos taken within 10 km

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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

photo of Mende
Mende 43km
photo of Brioude
Brioude 45km

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!

  1. National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (31km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Arlempdes (30km) : Pradelles (31km) : Lavaudieu (40km) :
  3. 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) :
  4. Towns of Art and History: Le Puy en Velay (31km) :
  5. 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