Gelles travel guide
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Visit Gelles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gelles is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 25 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Gelles is 345 km from Paris and 580 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Orcival at 11 km from Gelles
Popular places to visit near Gelles: these include Orcival at 11 km and Puy-de-Dome at 16 km.
Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Jardins de Cordès is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km. 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 Gelles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gelles
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 Gelles.
Note that all distances from Gelles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gelles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gelles (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 Gelles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Cordès (11km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (25km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (27km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (27km) : Jardin de la Ganille (43km) : Jardins du château d'Hauterive (45km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Saturnin (28km) : Montpeyroux (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (22km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (25km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (25km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (27km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (28km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (32km) : Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Marsat (27km) : Mozac (27km) : Riom (30km) : Issoire (45km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (16km) :
Map of places to visit near Gelles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gelles
Canton: Rochefort-Montagne
Arrondissement: Clermont-Ferrand
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63740
Distance to Gelles
from Clermont-Ferrand: 25 km
from Paris: 345 km
from Calais: 580 km
from Nice: 423 km
from Bordeaux: 281 km
from Strasbourg: 490 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gelles): Cisternes-la-Foret, Heume-l'Eglise and Saint-Pierre-Roche.
Getting here
For driving distances to Gelles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gelles