Saint-Flour travel guide
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Visit Saint-Flour: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Flour is situated in the Cantal department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 53 km from Aurillac, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Flour is 429 km from Paris and 664 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Saint-Flour (page also includes a photo gallery for Saint-Flour)
Popular places to visit near Saint-Flour: these include Blesle at 32 km and Allier gorges at 33 km.
Plomb du Cantal is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 26km and Puy Griou is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 30km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Saint-Flour: 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour); Part of the Pays d'art et d'histoire de Saint-Flour region;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Flour, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Flour
See France This Way travel guides for Cantal and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Flour.
Note that all distances from Saint-Flour shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Flour holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Flour (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 Cantal 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-Flour and wondering what to do next!
- Beautiful Villages: Blesle (32km) : Lavaudieu (38km) : Tournemire (47km) : Salers (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (32km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (34km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Riom-es-Montagnes (44km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy Mary (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Flour & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Flour
Canton: Saint-Flour
Arrondissement: Saint-Flour
Department: Cantal
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 15100
Distance to Saint-Flour
from Aurillac: 53 km
from Paris: 429 km
from Calais: 664 km
from Nice: 364 km
from Bordeaux: 289 km
from Strasbourg: 530 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Flour): Andelat, Anglards-de-Saint-Flour, Coren, Les Ternes, Mentieres, Roffiac, Saint-Georges, Tiviers and Villedieu.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Flour from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Flour