Ravel travel guide
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Visit Ravel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ravel is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 24 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Ravel is 351 km from Paris and 586 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Thiers at 15 km from Ravel
Popular places to visit near Ravel: these include Thiers at 15 km and Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 19 km.
Aulteribe Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 8km and Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) is a listed 'religious monument' at 19km. 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 Ravel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ravel
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 Ravel.
Note that all distances from Ravel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ravel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ravel (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 Ravel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Opme (23km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (25km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (25km) : Parc du domaine royal de Randan (27km) : Jardins du château d'Hauterive (28km) : Jardins de Cordès (44km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (8km) : Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montpeyroux (23km) : Saint-Saturnin (27km) : Usson (28km) : Charroux (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (19km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (22km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (24km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (27km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (29km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (37km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (38km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Riom (25km) : Mozac (26km) : Marsat (27km) : Issoire (28km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (37km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Ravel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ravel
Canton: Vertaizon
Arrondissement: Clermont-Ferrand
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63190
Distance to Ravel
from Clermont-Ferrand: 24 km
from Paris: 351 km
from Calais: 586 km
from Nice: 383 km
from Bordeaux: 328 km
from Strasbourg: 453 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ravel): Billom, Bongheat, Bort-l'Etang, Espirat, Glaine-Montaigut, Lempty, Lezoux, Moissat, Neuville, Reignat, Saint-Jean-d'Heurs and Seychalles.
Getting here
For driving distances to Ravel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ravel