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Laps photo, taken in Montpeyroux France

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Visit Laps: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Laps is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 18 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Laps is 361 km from Paris and 596 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Montpeyroux at 7 km from Laps

Popular places to visit near Laps: these include Montpeyroux at 7 km and Issoire at 14 km.

Montpeyroux is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km and Jardins du château d'Opme is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km. 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 Laps, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Laps

photo of Issoire
Issoire 14km
photo of Usson
Usson 17km
photo of Mozac
Mozac 26km
photo of Murol
Murol 27km
photo of Riom
Riom 27km
photo of Volvic
Volvic 28km
photo of Thiers
Thiers 30km
photo of Orcival
Orcival 33km

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 Laps.

Note that all distances from Laps shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Laps holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Laps (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 Laps and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Opme (14km) : Jardins du château d'Hauterive (14km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (14km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (23km) : Jardins de Cordès (33km) : Parc du domaine royal de Randan (39km) :
  2. National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (21km) : Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (23km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Montpeyroux (7km) : Saint-Saturnin (14km) : Usson (17km) : Blesle (40km) : Lavaudieu (48km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (15km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (18km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (20km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (24km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (26km) : Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (26km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (28km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (33km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Issoire (14km) : Mozac (26km) : Marsat (27km) : Riom (27km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (39km) :
  7. Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (26km) :

Map of places to visit near Laps & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Laps

Canton: Vic-le-Comte

Arrondissement: Clermont-Ferrand

Department: Puy-de-Dome

Region: Auvergne

Postcode: 63270

Distance to Laps

from Clermont-Ferrand: 18 km

from Paris: 361 km

from Calais: 596 km

from Nice: 385 km

from Bordeaux: 315 km

from Strasbourg: 469 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Laps): Busseol, Corent, La Roche-Noire, Les Martres-de-Veyre, Mirefleurs, Montpeyroux, Parent, Pignols, Saint-Georges-sur-Allier, Saint-Julien-de-Coppel, Saint-Maurice, Salledes and Vic-le-Comte.

Getting here

For driving distances to Laps from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Laps