Olmet travel guide
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Visit Olmet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Olmet is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 46 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Olmet is 364 km from Paris and 598 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 5 km from Olmet
Popular places to visit near Olmet: these include Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 5 km and Ambert at 19 km.
Aulteribe Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 15km and Livradois-Forez is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 17km. 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 Olmet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Olmet
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 Olmet.
Note that all distances from Olmet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Olmet holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Olmet (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 Puy-de-Dome 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 Olmet and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Hauterive (37km) : Parc du domaine royal de Randan (42km) : Jardin de l’écomusée (42km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (44km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (44km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (47km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (15km) : Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Usson (32km) : Montpeyroux (37km) : Saint-Saturnin (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (37km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (38km) : Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (40km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (44km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (45km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (45km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (47km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (37km) : Riom (47km) : Mozac (48km) : Marsat (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (19km) :
Map of places to visit near Olmet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Olmet
Canton: Courpière
Arrondissement: Thiers
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63880
Distance to Olmet
from Clermont-Ferrand: 46 km
from Paris: 364 km
from Calais: 598 km
from Nice: 362 km
from Bordeaux: 345 km
from Strasbourg: 445 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Olmet): Aubusson-d'Auvergne, Augerolles, La Renaudie, Le Brugeron, Livradois-Forez Regional Park, Marat, Olliergues and Saint-Gervais-sous-Meymont.
Getting here
For driving distances to Olmet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Olmet