Pontaumur travel guide
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Visit Pontaumur: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pontaumur is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 33 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Pontaumur is 333 km from Paris and 568 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Orcival at 24 km from Pontaumur
Popular places to visit near Pontaumur: these include Orcival at 24 km and Puy-de-Dome at 25 km.
Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) is a listed 'religious monument' at 23km and Jardins de Cordès is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 24km. 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 Pontaumur, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pontaumur
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 Pontaumur.
Note that all distances from Pontaumur shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pontaumur holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pontaumur (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 Pontaumur and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Cordès (24km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (32km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (37km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (38km) : Jardin de la Ganille (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Saturnin (40km) : Montpeyroux (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (31km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (34km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (35km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (35km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (38km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (39km) : Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Marsat (31km) : Mozac (32km) : Riom (34km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Aubusson (40km) : Neris-les-Bains (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (25km) :
Map of places to visit near Pontaumur & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pontaumur
Canton: Pontaumur
Arrondissement: Riom
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63380
Distance to Pontaumur
from Clermont-Ferrand: 33 km
from Paris: 333 km
from Calais: 568 km
from Nice: 435 km
from Bordeaux: 279 km
from Strasbourg: 488 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pontaumur): Combrailles, Landogne, Miremont and Villosanges.
Getting here
For driving distances to Pontaumur from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pontaumur