Vichel travel guide
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Visit Vichel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vichel is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 41 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Vichel is 387 km from Paris and 622 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Usson at 13 km from Vichel
Popular places to visit near Vichel: these include Usson at 13 km and Blesle at 13 km.
Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 7km and Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km. 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 Vichel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vichel
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 Vichel.
Note that all distances from Vichel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vichel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vichel (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 Vichel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Hauterive (13km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (32km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (35km) : Jardins de Cordès (42km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (47km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (7km) : Aulteribe Chateau (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Usson (13km) : Blesle (13km) : Montpeyroux (22km) : Lavaudieu (25km) : Saint-Saturnin (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (8km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (13km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (19km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (20km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (28km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (40km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (41km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (13km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (41km) : Saint-Flour (45km) : Riom-es-Montagnes (48km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Vichel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vichel
Canton: Saint-Germain-Lembron
Arrondissement: Issoire
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63340
Distance to Vichel
from Clermont-Ferrand: 41 km
from Paris: 387 km
from Calais: 622 km
from Nice: 372 km
from Bordeaux: 307 km
from Strasbourg: 490 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 18 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vichel): Augnat, Beaulieu, Boudes, Chalus, Chambezon, Charbonnier-les-Mines, Collanges, Frugeres-les-Mines, Gignat, Le Breuil-sur-Couze, Madriat, Moriat, Nonette, Orsonnette, Saint-Germain-Lembron, Saint-Gervazy, Sainte-Florine and Villeneuve-Lembron.
Getting here
For driving distances to Vichel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vichel