Vals-le-Chastel travel guide
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Visit Vals-le-Chastel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vals-le-Chastel is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 38 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Vals-le-Chastel is 408 km from Paris and 643 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lavaudieu at 5 km from Vals-le-Chastel
Popular places to visit near Vals-le-Chastel: these include Lavaudieu at 5 km and Brioude at 11 km.
Lavaudieu is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 5km and Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km. 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 Vals-le-Chastel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vals-le-Chastel
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vals-le-Chastel.
Note that all distances from Vals-le-Chastel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vals-le-Chastel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vals-le-Chastel (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 Vals-le-Chastel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (36km) : Jardins du château d'Hauterive (37km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (35km) : Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavaudieu (5km) : Blesle (28km) : Usson (32km) : Montpeyroux (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (11km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (12km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (26km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (28km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (37km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (37km) : Le Puy en Velay (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (36km) : Le Puy-en-Velay (38km) : Saint-Flour (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Vals-le-Chastel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vals-le-Chastel
Canton: Paulhaguet
Arrondissement: Brioude
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43230
Distance to Vals-le-Chastel
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 38 km
from Paris: 408 km
from Calais: 643 km
from Nice: 345 km
from Bordeaux: 325 km
from Strasbourg: 489 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vals-le-Chastel): Berbezit, Chaniat, Domeyrat, Frugieres-le-Pin, Javaugues, La Chomette, Lavaudieu, Montclard, Saint-Didier-sur-Doulon and Saint-Prejet-Armandon.
Getting here
For driving distances to Vals-le-Chastel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vals-le-Chastel