Pont-du-Chateau travel guide
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Visit Pont-du-Chateau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pont-du-Chateau 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: Pont-du-Chateau is 346 km from Paris and 582 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Clermont-Ferrand at 13 km from Pont-du-Chateau
Popular places to visit near Pont-du-Chateau: these include Clermont-Ferrand at 13 km and Riom at 15 km.
Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Pont-du-Chateau: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Pont-du-Chateau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pont-du-Chateau
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 Pont-du-Chateau.
Note that all distances from Pont-du-Chateau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pont-du-Chateau holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pont-du-Chateau (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 Pont-du-Chateau and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Blanzat (13km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (14km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (16km) : Parc du domaine royal de Randan (26km) : Jardins du château d'Hauterive (28km) : Jardins de Cordès (34km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (20km) : Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Saturnin (20km) : Montpeyroux (20km) : Usson (31km) : Charroux (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (10km) : Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (12km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (12km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (16km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (28km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (31km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (33km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Riom (15km) : Mozac (15km) : Marsat (16km) : Issoire (28km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Pont-du-Chateau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pont-du-Château
Canton: Pont-du-Château
Arrondissement: Clermont-Ferrand
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63430
Distance to Pont-du-Chateau
from Clermont-Ferrand: 13 km
from Paris: 346 km
from Calais: 582 km
from Nice: 394 km
from Bordeaux: 317 km
from Strasbourg: 460 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pont-du-Chateau): Beauregard-l'Eveque, Bouzel, Chas, Chauriat, Chavaroux, Dallet, Lempdes, Les Martres-d'Artiere, Lussat, Malintrat, Mezel, Saint-Beauzire, Vassel and Vertaizon.
Getting here
For driving distances to Pont-du-Chateau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pont-du-Chateau