Valprivas travel guide
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Visit Valprivas: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Valprivas is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 32 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Valprivas is 414 km from Paris and 648 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 27 km from Valprivas
Popular places to visit near Valprivas: these include Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 27 km and La Chaise-Dieu at 27 km.
Jardin de l’écomusée is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km and Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) is a listed 'religious monument' at 25km. 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 Valprivas, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Valprivas
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Valprivas.
Note that all distances from Valprivas shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Valprivas holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Valprivas (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 Haute-Loire 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 Valprivas and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (12km) :
- National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (32km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavaudieu (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (25km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (30km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (32km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (31km) : Le Puy en Velay (32km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Le Puy-en-Velay (32km) : Ambert (36km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Valprivas & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Valprivas
Canton: Bas-en-Basset
Arrondissement: Yssingeaux
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43210
Distance to Valprivas
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 32 km
from Paris: 414 km
from Calais: 648 km
from Nice: 312 km
from Bordeaux: 367 km
from Strasbourg: 460 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Valprivas): Bas-en-Basset, Beauzac, Boisset, Saint-Andre-de-Chalencon and Tiranges.
Getting here
For driving distances to Valprivas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Valprivas