Loudes travel guide
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Visit Loudes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Loudes is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 12 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Loudes is 432 km from Paris and 667 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Puy-en-Velay at 12 km from Loudes
Popular places to visit near Loudes: these include Le Puy-en-Velay at 12 km and Allier gorges at 20 km.
Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km and Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. 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 Loudes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Loudes
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Loudes.
Note that all distances from Loudes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Loudes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Loudes (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 Loudes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (37km) :
- National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (12km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Arlempdes (28km) : Lavaudieu (30km) : Pradelles (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (9km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (10km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (24km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (36km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Puy en Velay (12km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Le Puy-en-Velay (12km) :
Map of places to visit near Loudes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Loudes
Canton: Loudes
Arrondissement: Puy-en-Velay
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43320
Distance to Loudes
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 12 km
from Paris: 432 km
from Calais: 667 km
from Nice: 319 km
from Bordeaux: 341 km
from Strasbourg: 493 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Loudes): Borne, Chaspuzac, Lissac, Saint-Jean-de-Nay, Saint-Paulien, Saint-Vidal, Sanssac-l'Eglise and Vazeilles-Limandre.
Getting here
For driving distances to Loudes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Loudes