Montgreleix travel guide
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Visit Montgreleix: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montgreleix is situated in the Cantal department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 59 km from Aurillac, the department capital. (General information: Montgreleix is 392 km from Paris and 628 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Parc des Volcans at 6 km from Montgreleix
Popular places to visit near Montgreleix: these include Parc des Volcans at 6 km and Riom-es-Montagnes at 18 km.
Volcans d'Auvergne is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 6km and Lac Pavin 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.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Montgreleix, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montgreleix
See France This Way travel guides for Cantal and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Montgreleix.
Note that all distances from Montgreleix shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montgreleix holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montgreleix (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 Montgreleix and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Verger de Déduit (37km) : Jardins du château d'Hauterive (37km) : Jardins de Cordès (38km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (43km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (47km) : Parc-arboretum de Neuvic d'Ussel (47km) : Jardin de la Ganille (49km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (29km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Blesle (24km) : Salers (37km) : Saint-Saturnin (39km) : Montpeyroux (41km) : Usson (42km) : Tournemire (44km) : Lavaudieu (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (24km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (37km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (39km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (39km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (40km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (40km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (37km) : Salins (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Riom-es-Montagnes (18km) : Saint-Flour (39km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy Mary (30km) : Puy de Dome (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Montgreleix & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montgreleix
Canton: Condat
Arrondissement: Saint-Flour
Department: Cantal
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 15190
Distance to Montgreleix
from Aurillac: 59 km
from Paris: 392 km
from Calais: 628 km
from Nice: 393 km
from Bordeaux: 276 km
from Strasbourg: 516 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Montgreleix): Chanterelle, Espinchal, La Godivelle, Marcenat and Parc des Volcans.
Getting here
For driving distances to Montgreleix from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montgreleix