Saurier travel guide
Visit Saurier: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Floret at 5 km from Saurier
Location: Saurier is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 27 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Saurier is 373 km from Paris and 608 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Saurier: these include Saint-Floret at 5 km and Saint-Nectaire at 6 km. Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) is a listed religious monument at 9 km and Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau is a listed national monument at 13 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 Saurier, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saurier
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 Saurier.
Note that all distances from Saurier shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saurier 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 Saurier
- Saint-Nectaire: market every Sunday - seasonal market only - (7km)
- Champeix: market every Friday (9km)
- Murol: market every Wednesday (9km)
- Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise: market every Monday (9km)
- Issoire: market every Saturday (16km)
- Mont-Dore: market every Friday all day (19km)
- Vic-le-Comte: market every Thursday (19km)
- La Bourboule: market every Saturday (24km)
- Aubiere: market every Sunday (24km)
- Cournon-d'Auvergne: market every Thursday & Saturday & Friday (26km)
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 Saurier and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Saurier map below.
Grand Site Of France Puy de Dome (27km)
Heritage Site Clermont-Ferrand église Notre-Dame-du-Port (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (27km)
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Saturnin (14km); Montpeyroux (16km); Usson (23km); Blesle (26km); Lavaudieu (44km)
National Monument Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (13km); Aulteribe Chateau (44km)
Recommended Detour Issoire (16km); Riom-es-Montagnes (41km)
Regional Natural Parc Volcans d'Auvergne (25km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (9km); Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (14km); Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (16km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (24km); Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (25km); Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (25km); Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (26km); Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (29km); Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (38km); Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (39km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château d'Hauterive (16km); Jardins du château de la Batisse (18km); Jardins du château d'Opme (22km); Jardins de Cordès (23km); Parc du château de Blanzat (33km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Clermont-Ferrand (27km); Riom (40km); Thiers (53km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Lac Pavin (13km); Puy de Sancy (18km); Lac du Guery (19km); Banne d'Ordanche (23km)
Town Of Art And History Issoire (16km); Mozac (37km); Marsat (38km); Riom (40km)
Village D'etape Massiac (34km)
Map of places to visit near Saurier & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saurier
Canton: Champeix
Arrondissement: Issoire
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63320
Distance to Saurier
from Clermont-Ferrand (local prefecture): 27 km
from Paris: 373 km
from Calais: 608 km
from Nice: 392 km
from Bordeaux: 294 km
from Strasbourg: 491 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saurier): Chassagne, Clemensat, Courgoul, Creste, Grandeyrolles, Montaigut-le-Blanc, Saint-Diery, Saint-Floret, Saint-Nectaire, Saint-Pierre-Colamine and Verrieres.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saurier from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saurier