Saint-Genes-du-Retz travel guide
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Visit Saint-Genes-du-Retz: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Genes-du-Retz is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 33 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Genes-du-Retz is 318 km from Paris and 553 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Charroux at 15 km from Saint-Genes-du-Retz
Popular places to visit near Saint-Genes-du-Retz: these include Charroux at 15 km and Vichy at 18 km.
Parc du domaine royal de Randan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km and Charroux is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Genes-du-Retz, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Genes-du-Retz
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-Genes-du-Retz.
Note that all distances from Saint-Genes-du-Retz shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Genes-du-Retz holidays and travel
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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-Genes-du-Retz and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du domaine royal de Randan (12km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (28km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (38km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (42km) :
- National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (23km) : Aulteribe Chateau (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Charroux (15km) : Saint-Saturnin (45km) : Montpeyroux (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (17km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (18km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (30km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (35km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (46km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (18km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Riom (20km) : Mozac (23km) : Marsat (23km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (39km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Genes-du-Retz & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Genès-du-Retz
Canton: Aigueperse
Arrondissement: Riom
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63260
Distance to Saint-Genes-du-Retz
from Clermont-Ferrand: 33 km
from Paris: 318 km
from Calais: 553 km
from Nice: 413 km
from Bordeaux: 325 km
from Strasbourg: 442 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Genes-du-Retz): Aigueperse, Biozat, Bussieres-et-Pruns, Chaptuzat, Charmes, Effiat, Gannat, Montpensier, Poezat, Saint-Priest-d'Andelot and Vensat.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Genes-du-Retz from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Genes-du-Retz