Mezel travel guide
Visit Mezel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Clermont-Ferrand at 13 km from Mezel
Location: Mezel is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 13 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Mezel is 351 km from Paris and 587 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Mezel: these include Clermont-Ferrand at 13 km and Montpeyroux at 15 km. Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) is a listed religious monument at 11 km and Jardins du château d'Opme is a listed remarkable garden at 11 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Mezel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mezel
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 Mezel.
Note that all distances from Mezel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mezel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Mezel
- Cournon-d'Auvergne: market every Thursday & Saturday & Friday (4km)
- Lempdes: market every Tuesday (4km)
- Pont-du-Chateau: market every Thursday (5km)
- Billom: market every Monday (8km)
- Aubiere: market every Sunday (10km)
- Gerzat: market every Sunday (11km)
- Vic-le-Comte: market every Thursday (12km)
- Clermont-Ferrand: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday (13km)
- Lezoux: market every Saturday (13km)
- Chamalieres: market every Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday (14km)
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 Mezel and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Mezel map below.
Grand Site Of France Puy de Dome (22km)
Heritage Site Clermont-Ferrand église Notre-Dame-du-Port (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (12km)
Most Beautiful Village Montpeyroux (15km); Saint-Saturnin (16km); Usson (26km)
National Monument Aulteribe Chateau (20km); Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (31km)
Recommended Detour Issoire (23km); Ambert (45km)
Regional Natural Parc Livradois-Forez (36km)
Religious Monument Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (11km); Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (15km); Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (16km); Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (17km); Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (20km); Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (23km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (27km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (31km); Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (35km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château d'Opme (11km); Jardins du château de la Batisse (13km); Parc du château de Blanzat (15km); Jardins du château d'Hauterive (23km); Parc du domaine royal de Randan (31km); Jardins de Cordès (32km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Clermont-Ferrand (13km); Riom (18km); Thiers (26km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Lac du Guery (36km); Lac Pavin (40km); Banne d'Ordanche (40km); Puy de Sancy (42km)
Town Of Art And History Mozac (18km); Riom (19km); Marsat (19km); Issoire (23km)
Map of places to visit near Mezel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mezel
Canton: Vertaizon
Arrondissement: Clermont-Ferrand
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63115
Distance to Mezel
from Clermont-Ferrand (local prefecture): 13 km
from Paris: 351 km
from Calais: 587 km
from Nice: 391 km
from Bordeaux: 316 km
from Strasbourg: 463 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Mezel): Bouzel, Chas, Chauriat, Cournon-d'Auvergne, Dallet, La Roche-Noire, Le Cendre, Lempdes, Orcet, Perignat-sur-Allier, Pont-du-Chateau, Saint-Bonnet-les-Allier, Saint-Georges-sur-Allier, Vassel and Vertaizon.
Getting here
For driving distances to Mezel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mezel