Ars-les-Favets tourism and travel guide

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Visit Ars-les-Favets: highlights and tourist information

Ars-les-Favets is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Ars-les-Favets in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Popular places to visit nearby include Montlucon at 20 km and Charroux at 31 km.

Ars-les-Favets, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Montlucon

at 20 km (direction north-west), in the Allier department

Periods of prosperity in the 12th, 15th and 19th centuries have each contributed monuments...

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Charroux

Most Beautiful Village at 31 km (direction east), in the Allier department

Charroux is a very quiet Auvergne village, unusual in the 'village centre' being a...

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Herisson

at 35 km (direction east), in the Allier department

The ruined castle and the historic centre along the banks of the Aumance river...

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Volvic

at 42 km (direction south-east)

One of the most famous bottled waters in the world is from Volvic, which...

See Volvic guide

Saint-Pourcain-sur-Sioule

at 43 km (direction east-north-east), in the Allier department

The quiet town of Saint-Pourcain-sur-Sioule lacks major monuments but merits a stroll when you...

See Saint-Pourcain-sur-Sioule guide

Riom

at 43 km (direction south-east)

The quiet regional town of Riom has several monuments of historical importance to see...

See Riom guide

Mozac

at 44 km (direction south-east)

The interesting Abbey of Saint-Pierre in Mozac combines early roman elements and later gothic...

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Puy de Dome

at 50 km (direction south-south-east)

Puy-de-Dome is the most famous, and most accessible of the Auvergne volcanoes and has...

See Puy de Dome guide

Culan

at 50 km (direction north-west), in the Cher department

The castle at Culan is one of the most interesting in the quiet Cher...

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Souvigny

at 50 km (direction north-east), in the Allier department

The Priory Church of Saint-Peter and Saint-Paul with the tombes of the Dukes of...

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Clermont-Ferrand

at 52 km (direction south-east)

The Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, in sombre black lava stone, dominates the historic centre of Clermont-Ferrand...

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Aubusson

at 53 km (direction west-south-west), in the Creuse department

Aubusson is world famous for the rugs that have been produced here during several...

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Clermont-Ferrand basilica

Church at 53 km (direction south-east)

The basilica of Notre-Dame-du-Port in Clermont-Ferrand is one of the most important romanesque churches...

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Moulins

at 60 km (direction east-north-east), in the Allier department

In the historic centre of Moulins it is the cathedral that is the most...

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Map of places to visit near Ars-les-Favets

Markets in and near Ars-les-Favets

• Saint-Eloy-les-Mines: market Saturday (7km)
• Commentry: market Friday (11km)
• Pionsat: market Friday (11km)
• Neris-les-Bains: market Thursday & Sunday (12km)
• Montlucon: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday all day (20km)
• Montmarault: market Wednesday (21km)
• Bellenaves: market Wednesday (25km)
• Domerat: market Friday (25km)
• Ebreuil: market Thursday (27km)
• Auzances: market Tuesday (27km)

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Tourist attractions near Ars-les-Favets, France

What to do at Ars-les-Favets? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Ars-les-Favets.

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Charroux (31km)

National Monuments

• Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (37km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Neris-les-Bains (13km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (43km)
• Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (49km)
• Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (49km)
• Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (52km)
• Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (60km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (40km)
• Parc du château de Blanzat (47km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Forêt des Colettes (16km)
• Pierres Jaumetres (43km)

Towns of Art and history

• Montlucon (20km)
• Marsat (43km)
• Riom (43km)
• Mozac (44km)
• Moulins (60km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Montmarault (21km)
• Gouzon (40km)

Geography and distances

Ars-les-Favets is in the southern-centre of France at 52 kilometres from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital (general information: Ars-les-Favets is 297 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Ars-les-Favets from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 7 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): La Celle, La Crouzille, Montaigut, Ronnet, Saint-Eloy-les-Mines, Virlet and Youx.

This page in French: Visiter Ars-les-Favets