Marcenat travel guide
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Visit Marcenat: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Marcenat is situated in the Cantal department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 53 km from Aurillac, the department capital. (General information: Marcenat is 396 km from Paris and 632 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Parc des Volcans at 8 km from Marcenat
Popular places to visit near Marcenat: these include Parc des Volcans at 8 km and Riom-es-Montagnes at 13 km.
Volcans d'Auvergne is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 8km and Riom-es-Montagnes is a listed 'recommended detour' at 13km. 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 Marcenat, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Marcenat
See France This Way travel guides for Cantal and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Marcenat.
Note that all distances from Marcenat shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Marcenat holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Marcenat (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 Cantal 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 Marcenat and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Verger de Déduit (32km) : Jardins du château d'Hauterive (42km) : Jardins de Cordès (42km) : Parc-arboretum de Neuvic d'Ussel (44km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (48km) : Jardin de la Ganille (49km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Blesle (27km) : Salers (32km) : Tournemire (39km) : Saint-Saturnin (45km) : Montpeyroux (46km) : Usson (47km) : Lavaudieu (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (27km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (35km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (42km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (43km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (44km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (44km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Salins (36km) : Issoire (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Riom-es-Montagnes (13km) : Saint-Flour (37km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy Mary (25km) :
Map of places to visit near Marcenat & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Marcenat
Canton: Condat
Arrondissement: Saint-Flour
Department: Cantal
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 15190
Distance to Marcenat
from Aurillac: 53 km
from Paris: 396 km
from Calais: 632 km
from Nice: 395 km
from Bordeaux: 272 km
from Strasbourg: 522 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Marcenat): Condat, Landeyrat, Lugarde, Montgreleix, Saint-Bonnet-de-Condat and Saint-Saturnin.
Getting here
For driving distances to Marcenat from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Marcenat