Villefranche-de-Rouergue travel guide

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Visit Villefranche-de-Rouergue: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Villefranche-de-Rouergue is situated in the Aveyron department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the southern-centre of France at 43 km from Rodez, the department capital. (General information: Villefranche-de-Rouergue is 501 km from Paris and 734 km from the port at Calais).

For a detailed travel guide see Villefranche-de-Rouergue

Villefranche-de-Rouergue reviews and comments:

There is now an airport at Dordogne Sud (Nespouls, Brive). Jet2 flights direct to Manchester.

Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France Rating: 3/5 Reviewed by on

Popular places to visit near Villefranche-de-Rouergue: these include Najac at 15 km and Cajarc at 21 km.

Najac is a listed 'town of art and history' at 15km and Beaulieu en Rouergue Abbey is a listed 'national monument' at 21km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Villefranche-de-Rouergue: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*; 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour); Part of the Pays des bastides du Rouergue region;

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Villefranche-de-Rouergue

photo of Najac
Najac 15km
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Cajarc 21km
photo of Figeac
Figeac 28km
photo of Conques
Conques 40km
photo of Maurs
Maurs 42km
photo of Rodez
Rodez 43km

See France This Way travel guides for Aveyron and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Villefranche-de-Rouergue.

Note that all distances from Villefranche-de-Rouergue shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Villefranche-de-Rouergue holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Villefranche-de-Rouergue (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 Midi-Pyrenees and Aveyron 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 Villefranche-de-Rouergue and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Quercy (22km) : Jardin de Paradis (33km) : Jardin d'Eden du château du Colombier (39km) : Parc Rochegude (48km) : Jardins secrets de Cahors (48km) : Jardin du palais de la Berbie (48km) :
  2. National Monuments: Beaulieu en Rouergue Abbey (21km) : Assier Chateau (38km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Belcastel (24km) : Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (32km) : Conques (40km) : Bruniquel (44km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Saint-Étienne (Cahors) (48km) :
  5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Cayriech (37km) : Cahors (48km) : Albi (48km) :
  6. Heritage Sites: Episcopal City, Albi (48km) :
  7. Towns of Art and History: Najac (15km) : Sauveterre-de-Rouergue (27km) : Figeac (28km) :

Map of places to visit near Villefranche-de-Rouergue & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Villefranche-de-Rouergue

Canton: Villefranche-de-Rouergue

Arrondissement: Villefranche-de-Rouergue

Department: Aveyron

Region: Midi-Pyrenees

Postcode: 12200

Distance to Villefranche-de-Rouergue

from Rodez: 43 km

from Paris: 501 km

from Calais: 734 km

from Nice: 425 km

from Bordeaux: 214 km

from Strasbourg: 642 km

* distances are direct not by road!

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More information

We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Villefranche-de-Rouergue): La Rouquette, Maleville, Morlhon-le-Haut, Saint-Remy, Savignac and Toulonjac.

Getting here

For driving distances to Villefranche-de-Rouergue from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Villefranche-de-Rouergue