Le Vernet travel guide
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Visit Le Vernet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Le Vernet is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 17 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Le Vernet is 436 km from Paris and 671 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Allier gorges at 15 km from Le Vernet
Popular places to visit near Le Vernet: these include Allier gorges at 15 km and Le Puy-en-Velay at 17 km.
Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km and Lac du Bouchet is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 17km. 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 Le Vernet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Vernet
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Le Vernet.
Note that all distances from Le Vernet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Vernet holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Le Vernet (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 Le Vernet and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (45km) :
- National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (17km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Arlempdes (27km) : Lavaudieu (30km) : Pradelles (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (18km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (30km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (35km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Puy en Velay (17km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Le Puy-en-Velay (17km) : Saint-Flour (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Le Vernet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vernet
Canton: Loudes
Arrondissement: Puy-en-Velay
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43320
Distance to Le Vernet
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 17 km
from Paris: 436 km
from Calais: 671 km
from Nice: 322 km
from Bordeaux: 335 km
from Strasbourg: 502 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Vernet): Saint-Berain, Saint-Jean-de-Nay, Saint-Privat-d'Allier and Vergezac.
Getting here
For driving distances to Le Vernet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Vernet