Ris travel guide
Visit Ris: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateldon at 3 km from Ris
Location: Ris is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 41 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Ris is 329 km from Paris and 564 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Ris: these include Chateldon at 3 km and Vichy at 15 km. Parc du domaine royal de Randan is a listed remarkable garden at 12 km and Vichy is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 15 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Ris, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ris
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 Ris.
Note that all distances from Ris shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ris holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Ris
- Puy-Guillaume: market every Wednesday (5km)
- Saint-Yorre: market every Wednesday (8km)
- Saint-Remy-sur-Durolle: market every Sunday (14km)
- Le Mayet-de-Montagne: market every Monday (15km)
- Bellerive-sur-Allier: market every Saturday (15km)
- Cusset: market every Saturday (15km)
- Vichy: market every Every day except Monday (15km)
- Thiers: market every Thursday & Saturday (16km)
- Maringues: market every Monday (16km)
- Lezoux: market every Saturday (21km)
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 Ris and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Ris map below.
Heritage Site Clermont-Ferrand église Notre-Dame-du-Port (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (40km)
Most Beautiful Village Charroux (34km); Saint-Saturnin (49km)
National Monument Aulteribe Chateau (25km); Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (37km)
Recommended Detour Lapalisse (30km)
Religious Monument Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (23km); Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (31km); Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (38km); Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (44km); Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (48km); Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (50km)
Remarkable Garden Parc du domaine royal de Randan (12km); Parc du château de Blanzat (38km); Jardins du château d'Opme (43km); Jardins du château de la Batisse (46km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Thiers (16km); Riom (32km); Clermont-Ferrand (41km)
Town Of Art And History Riom (33km); Mozac (36km); Marsat (36km)
Village D'etape Lapalisse (30km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Vichy (15km)
Map of places to visit near Ris & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ris
Canton: Châteldon
Arrondissement: Thiers
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63290
Distance to Ris
from Clermont-Ferrand (local prefecture): 41 km
from Paris: 329 km
from Calais: 564 km
from Nice: 391 km
from Bordeaux: 344 km
from Strasbourg: 430 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ris): Chateldon, Limons, Mariol, Puy-Guillaume and Saint-Priest-Bramefant.
Getting here
For driving distances to Ris from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ris