La Cresse tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Gorges de la Jonte at 9 km from La Cresse

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Visit La Cresse: highlights and tourist information

La Cresse is situated in the Aveyron department and Occitanie region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to La Cresse in Occitanie.

Popular places to visit nearby include Gorges de la Jonte at 9 km and La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite at 9 km.

La Cresse, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Gorges de la Jonte

Scenery at 9 km (direction east), in the Lozere department

Less dramatic and less well known than the Gorges du Tarn north of here,...

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La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite

at 9 km (direction east-south-east)

The tiny village of La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite, in the Gorges de la Dourbie, is well...

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Millau

at 10 km (direction south-south-west)

The town of Millau is a lively traditional town, well worth a visit when...

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Millau bridge

Bridge at 13 km (direction south-west)

Millau Bridge (the Viaduc de Millau) is a modern bridge designed by Norman Foster,...

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Les Vignes

at 14 km (direction north-east), in the Lozere department

Les Vignes is a village on the banks of the Tarn river, surrounded by...

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Peyre

Most Beautiful Village at 14 km (direction west-south-west)

Close to Millau Bridge, the small village of Peyre is listed among the most...

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Severac-le-Chateau

at 17 km (direction north-north-west)

The highlights here in Severac-le-Chateau include the castle and the ancient vaulted passages in...

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La Malène

at 20 km (direction east-north-east), in the Lozere department

La Malène is a pretty village on the Tarn river in the Gorges du...

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Les loups du Gevaudan

at 21 km (direction east-north-east), in the Lozere department

The Loups de Gevaudan park is a chance to see wolves living in semi-liberty...

See Les loups du Gevaudan guide

Meyrueis

at 24 km (direction east), in the Lozere department

The small rivers that meet in the centre of the town and the lively...

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Saint-Chely-du-Tarn

at 27 km (direction east-north-east), in the Lozere department

Saint-Chely-du-Tarn is in an idyllic spot within the western part of the Gorges du...

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Gorges du Tarn

Scenery at 30 km (direction north-east), in the Lozere department

The cliffs and deep wooded slopes of the Gorges du Tarn make it one...

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Sainte-Enimie

Most Beautiful Village at 31 km (direction north-east), in the Lozere department

Sainte-Enimie is the most extensive, and perhaps the most interesting, of the pretty villages...

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Castelbouc

at 32 km (direction east-north-east), in the Lozere department

The tiny village of Castelbouc, in the Gorges du Tarn, is very lovely and...

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Map of places to visit near La Cresse

Markets in and near La Cresse

• Millau: market Wednesday & Friday (10km)
• Severac-le-Chateau: market Thursday (17km)
• Salles-Curan: market Saturday - seasonal market only (27km)
• Sainte-Enimie: market Wednesday & Saturday (31km)
• Saint-Affrique: market Thursday & Saturday (31km)
• Laissac: market Tuesday (33km)
• Villefranche-de-Panat: market Sunday - seasonal market only (36km)
• Arvieu: market Wednesday - seasonal market only (37km)
• Ispagnac: market Tuesday & Saturday (39km)
• Valleraugue: market Wednesday & Saturday (42km)

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Tourist attractions near La Cresse, France

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

Grand sites of France

• Gorges du Tarn (30km)
• Cirque de Navacelles (44km)

Heritage sites

• Espalion Pont Vieux (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (48km)
• Estaing pont sur le Lot (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (55km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Peyre (14km)
• Sainte-Enimie (31km)
• La Couvertoirade (33km)
• Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt (35km)
• Brousse-le-Chateau (45km)
• Saint-Come-d'Olt (45km)
• Estaing (55km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Marvejols (44km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Grands Causses (20km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye de Sylvanès (Sylvanes) (41km)
• Eglise de Saint-Cirice (Brousse-le-Chateau) (45km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin des Sambucs (46km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Chaos de Montpellier-le-Vieux (9km)
• Aven Armand (grotte) (19km)
• Abîme de Bramabiau (28km)
• Chaos de Nimes-le-Vieux (31km)
• Mont Aigoual (37km)
• Cirque de Vissec (41km)
• Trou de Bozouls (46km)
• Tindoul de la Vayssière (53km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• La Canourgue (29km)
• Le Caylar (38km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Maison des vautours (vultures) (10km)
• Parc à loups du Gévaudan (wolves) (21km)

Geography and distances

La Cresse is in the southern-centre of France at 48 kilometres from Rodez, the department capital (general information: La Cresse is 524 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to La Cresse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Aguessac, Compeyre, Mostuejouls, Paulhe, Riviere-sur-Tarn and Verrieres.

This page in French: Visiter La Cresse