Muret-le-Chateau travel guide
Visit Muret-le-Chateau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Estaing at 10 km from Muret-le-Chateau
Location: Muret-le-Chateau is situated in the Aveyron department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the southern-centre of France at 16 km from Rodez, the department capital. (General information: Muret-le-Chateau is 485 km from Paris and 720 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Muret-le-Chateau: these include Estaing at 10 km and Espalion at 15 km. Jardin d'Eden du château du Colombier is a listed remarkable garden at 8 km and Estaing pont sur le Lot (monuments on French pilgrim routes) is a listed heritage site at 10 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 Muret-le-Chateau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Muret-le-Chateau
See France This Way travel guides for Aveyron and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Muret-le-Chateau.
Note that all distances from Muret-le-Chateau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Muret-le-Chateau 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 Midi-Pyrenees and Aveyron gites and villas
Markets near Muret-le-Chateau
- Espalion: market every Friday (15km)
- Rodez: market every Wednesday & Saturday (16km)
- Entraygues: market every Tuesday & Wednesday - seasonal market only - (17km)
- Entraygues: market every Friday & (17km)
- Firmi: market every Saturday (21km)
- Laissac: market every Tuesday (23km)
- Cransac: market every Tuesday - seasonal market only - (24km)
- Aubin: market every Wednesday & Friday (26km)
- Baraqueville: market every Sunday - seasonal market only - (27km)
- Decazeville: market every Tuesday & Friday (27km)
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 Muret-le-Chateau and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Muret-le-Chateau map below.
Heritage Site Estaing pont sur le Lot (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (10km); Espalion Pont Vieux (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (15km); Conques abbatiale Sainte-Foy (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (18km); Conques pont sur le Dourdou (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (19km); St Chely d'Aubrac pont des pèlerins (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (29km)
Most Beautiful Village Estaing (10km); Conques (18km); Saint-Come-d'Olt (19km); Belcastel (22km); Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt (29km); Sauveterre-de-Rouergue (37km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin d'Eden du château du Colombier (8km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Cascade du Déroc (43km)
Town Of Art And History Sauveterre-de-Rouergue (37km)
Map of places to visit near Muret-le-Chateau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Muret-le-Château
Canton: Marcillac-Vallon
Arrondissement: Rodez
Department: Aveyron
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 12330
Distance to Muret-le-Chateau
from Rodez (local prefecture): 16 km
from Paris: 485 km
from Calais: 720 km
from Nice: 385 km
from Bordeaux: 252 km
from Strasbourg: 603 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Muret-le-Chateau): Mouret, Pruines, Rodelle and Villecomtal.
Getting here
For driving distances to Muret-le-Chateau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Muret-le-Chateau