Vassel travel guide
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Visit Vassel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vassel is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 18 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Vassel is 351 km from Paris and 586 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Clermont-Ferrand at 18 km from Vassel
Popular places to visit near Vassel: these include Clermont-Ferrand at 18 km and Montpeyroux at 18 km.
Aulteribe Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 15km and Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. 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 Vassel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vassel
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 Vassel.
Note that all distances from Vassel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vassel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vassel (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 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 Vassel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Opme (17km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (18km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (19km) : Jardins du château d'Hauterive (25km) : Parc du domaine royal de Randan (28km) : Jardins de Cordès (37km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (15km) : Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montpeyroux (18km) : Saint-Saturnin (20km) : Usson (26km) : Charroux (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (16km) : Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (17km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (20km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (21km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (25km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (32km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (35km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Mozac (21km) : Riom (21km) : Marsat (22km) : Issoire (25km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (41km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (27km) :
Map of places to visit near Vassel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vassel
Canton: Vertaizon
Arrondissement: Clermont-Ferrand
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63910
Distance to Vassel
from Clermont-Ferrand: 18 km
from Paris: 351 km
from Calais: 586 km
from Nice: 388 km
from Bordeaux: 321 km
from Strasbourg: 459 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vassel): Beauregard-l'Eveque, Billom, Bouzel, Chas, Chauriat, Dallet, Espirat, Mezel, Moissat, Perignat-sur-Allier, Pont-du-Chateau, Reignat, Saint-Bonnet-les-Allier, Saint-Georges-sur-Allier, Seychalles and Vertaizon.
Getting here
For driving distances to Vassel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vassel