Issoire travel guide
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Visit Issoire: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Issoire is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 29 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Issoire is 374 km from Paris and 610 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Issoire (page also includes a photo gallery for Issoire)
Popular places to visit near Issoire: these include Usson at 7 km and Montpeyroux at 9 km.
Usson is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km and Montpeyroux is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Issoire: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour); Part of the Pays d'art et d'histoire d'Issoire region;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Issoire, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Issoire
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 Issoire.
Note that all distances from Issoire shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Issoire holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Issoire (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 Issoire and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de la Batisse (20km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (24km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (34km) : Jardins de Cordès (35km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (9km) : Aulteribe Chateau (32km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Usson (7km) : Montpeyroux (9km) : Saint-Saturnin (18km) : Blesle (26km) : Lavaudieu (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (13km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (18km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (22km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (26km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (29km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (30km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (30km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (32km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Marsat (39km) : Mozac (39km) : Riom (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (39km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Issoire & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Issoire
Canton: Issoire
Arrondissement: Issoire
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63500
Distance to Issoire
from Clermont-Ferrand: 29 km
from Paris: 374 km
from Calais: 610 km
from Nice: 378 km
from Bordeaux: 310 km
from Strasbourg: 480 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 19 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Issoire): Antoingt, Aulhat-Saint-Privat, Bergonne, Brenat, Chadeleuf, Flat, Le Broc, Les Pradeaux, Orbeil, Pardines, Parentignat, Perrier, Saint-Babel, Saint-Martin-Des-Plains, Saint-Remy-de-Chargnat, Saint-Yvoine, Sauvagnat-Sainte-Marthe, Solignat and Varennes-sur-Usson.
Getting here
For driving distances to Issoire from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Issoire