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Visit Riom: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Riom 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: Riom is 334 km from Paris and 570 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Riom
Popular places to visit near Riom: these include Mozac at 3 km and Volvic at 7 km.
Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) is a listed 'religious monument' at 2km and Marsat is a listed 'town of art and history' at 3km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Riom: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; Riom has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Riom, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Riom
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 Riom.
Note that all distances from Riom shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Riom holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Riom (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 Riom and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Blanzat (8km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (18km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (22km) : Parc du domaine royal de Randan (23km) : Jardins de Cordès (31km) : Jardins du château d'Hauterive (40km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (33km) : Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (42km) : Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Saturnin (26km) : Montpeyroux (31km) : Charroux (33km) : Usson (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (2km) : Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (9km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (11km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (15km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (26km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (30km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Marsat (3km) : Mozac (3km) : Issoire (40km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (18km) :
Map of places to visit near Riom & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Riom
Canton: Riom
Arrondissement: Riom
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63200
Distance to Riom
from Clermont-Ferrand: 13 km
from Paris: 334 km
from Calais: 570 km
from Nice: 408 km
from Bordeaux: 311 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 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Riom): Cellule, Chateaugay, Chatelguyon, Clerlande, Davayat, Enval, Malauzat, Marsat, Menetrol, Mozac, Pessat-Villeneuve, Saint-Beauzire, Saint-Bonnet-Pres-Riom, Varennes-sur-Morge and Yssac-la-Tourette.
Getting here
For driving distances to Riom from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Riom