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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.
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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
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!
- '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) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (21km) : Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (23km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montpeyroux (7km) : Saint-Saturnin (14km) : Usson (17km) : Blesle (40km) : Lavaudieu (48km) :
- 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) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (14km) : Mozac (26km) : Marsat (27km) : Riom (27km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (39km) :
- 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