Roches travel guide
Visit Roches: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in La Chatre at 33 km from Roches
Location: Roches is situated in the Creuse department (Limousin region) in the southern-centre of France at 16 km from Gueret, the department capital. (General information: Roches is 287 km from Paris and 519 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Roches: these include La Chatre at 33 km and Aubusson at 39 km. Pierres Jaumetres is a listed site of natural beauty at 17 km and Gouzon is a listed village d'etape at 21 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 Roches, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Roches
See France This Way travel guides for and Limousin (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Roches.
Note that all distances from Roches shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Roches 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 Creuse gites and villas
Markets near Roches
- Gueret: market every Thursday all day & Saturday all day (16km)
- Boussac: market every Thursday (18km)
- Ahun: market every Wednesday (22km)
- Lavaveix-les-Mines: market every Thursday (25km)
- Chateaumeillant: market every Friday (35km)
- Aubusson: market every Saturday (39km)
- Bourganeuf: market every Wednesday (41km)
- Auzances: market every Tuesday (48km)
- Argenton-sur-Creuse: market every Saturday (49km)
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 Roches and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Roches map below.
Heritage Site Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre collegiale St Etienne (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (38km)
National Monument George Sand House (38km)
Recommended Detour La Chatre (33km); Aubusson (39km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (39km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (29km); Jardin-arboretum de La Sédelle (31km); Jardin du domaine de George Sand (40km); Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (43km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Pierres Jaumetres (17km)
Village D'etape Gouzon (21km); Eguzon-Chantome (37km); La Souterraine (40km)
Map of places to visit near Roches & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Roches
Canton: Châtelus-Malvaleix
Arrondissement: Guéret
Department: Creuse
Region: Limousin
Postcode: 23270
Distance to Roches
from Gueret (local prefecture): 16 km
from Paris: 287 km
from Calais: 519 km
from Nice: 504 km
from Bordeaux: 257 km
from Strasbourg: 502 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Roches): Chatelus-Malvaleix, Jouillat, Ladapeyre and Saint-Dizier-les-Domaines.
Getting here
For driving distances to Roches from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Roches