Saint-Babel travel guide

Saint-Babel photo, taken in Issoire France

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Visit Saint-Babel: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Saint-Babel is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 26 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Babel is 369 km from Paris and 605 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Issoire at 7 km from Saint-Babel

Popular places to visit near Saint-Babel: these include Issoire at 7 km and Usson at 8 km.

Jardins du château d'Hauterive is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km and Issoire is a listed 'town of art and history' at 7km. 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 Saint-Babel, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Babel

photo of Usson
Usson 8km
photo of Murol
Murol 28km
photo of Blesle
Blesle 33km
photo of Brioude
Brioude 34km
photo of Thiers
Thiers 35km
photo of Ambert
Ambert 35km
photo of Mozac
Mozac 35km
photo of Riom
Riom 36km

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 Saint-Babel.

Note that all distances from Saint-Babel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Saint-Babel holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Babel (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 Saint-Babel and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Hauterive (7km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (19km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (21km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (31km) : Jardins de Cordès (37km) : Parc du domaine royal de Randan (47km) :
  2. National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (16km) : Aulteribe Chateau (25km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Montpeyroux (8km) : Usson (8km) : Saint-Saturnin (17km) : Blesle (33km) : Lavaudieu (39km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (7km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (17km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (18km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (25km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (26km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (27km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (33km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (34km) : Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (35km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Issoire (7km) : Marsat (35km) : Mozac (35km) : Riom (36km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (35km) :
  7. Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (32km) :

Map of places to visit near Saint-Babel & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Saint-Babel

Canton: Issoire

Arrondissement: Issoire

Department: Puy-de-Dome

Region: Auvergne

Postcode: 63500

Distance to Saint-Babel

from Clermont-Ferrand: 26 km

from Paris: 369 km

from Calais: 605 km

from Nice: 378 km

from Bordeaux: 315 km

from Strasbourg: 473 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Babel): Aulhat-Saint-Privat, Brenat, Flat, Issoire, Manglieu, Orbeil, Parent, Pignols, Saint-Yvoine, Salledes, Sauxillanges, Vic-le-Comte and Yronde-et-Buron.

Getting here

For driving distances to Saint-Babel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Saint-Babel