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Visit La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: The tiny village of La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite, in the Gorges de la Dourbie, is well worth a pause to explore

La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite 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 Roque-Sainte-Marguerite in Occitanie.

Popular places to visit nearby include Millau at 12 km and Millau bridge at 17 km.

La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite, 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 8 km (direction north-north-east), in the Lozere department

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

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Millau

at 12 km (direction west)

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

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Millau bridge

Bridge at 17 km (direction west)

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

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Les Vignes

at 17 km (direction west), in the Lozere department

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

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Meyrueis

at 18 km (direction east-north-east), in the Lozere department

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

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Peyre

Most Beautiful Village at 18 km (direction west)

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

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La Malène

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

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

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La Couvertoirade

Most Beautiful Village at 25 km (direction south-south-east)

La Couvertoirade, listed among the 'most beautiful villages in France', is one of the...

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Severac-le-Chateau

at 25 km (direction north-west)

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

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Saint-Chely-du-Tarn

at 27 km (direction 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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Les loups du Gevaudan

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

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

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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 31 km (direction 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 Roque-Sainte-Marguerite

Markets in and near La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite

• Millau: market Wednesday & Friday (12km)
• Severac-le-Chateau: market Thursday (25km)
• Sainte-Enimie: market Wednesday & Saturday (31km)
• Saint-Affrique: market Thursday & Saturday (33km)
• Valleraugue: market Wednesday & Saturday (34km)
• Le Vigan: market Saturday (34km)
• Salles-Curan: market Saturday - seasonal market only (35km)
• Ispagnac: market Tuesday & Saturday (37km)
• Villefranche-de-Panat: market Sunday - seasonal market only (42km)
• Laissac: market Tuesday (43km)

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Tourist attractions near La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite, France

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

Grand sites of France

• Gorges du Tarn (30km)
• Cirque de Navacelles (34km)
• Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert / Gorges de l'Herault (51km)

Heritage sites

• St Guilhem le Desert ancienne abbaye (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (51km)
• Espalion Pont Vieux (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (57km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Peyre (18km)
• La Couvertoirade (25km)
• Sainte-Enimie (31km)
• Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt (44km)
• Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert (51km)
• Saint-Come-d'Olt (54km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Lodeve (44km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Grands Causses (22km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye de Sylvanès (Sylvanes) (39km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin des Sambucs (38km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Chaos de Montpellier-le-Vieux (0km)
• Aven Armand (grotte) (15km)
• Abîme de Bramabiau (20km)
• Chaos de Nimes-le-Vieux (25km)
• Mont Aigoual (29km)
• Cirque de Vissec (31km)
• Grotte des Demoiselles (48km)
• Mont Lozère (53km)
• Trou de Bozouls (56km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Le Caylar (30km)
• La Canourgue (34km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Maison des vautours (vultures) (8km)
• Parc à loups du Gévaudan (wolves) (27km)

Geography and distances

La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite is in the southern-centre of France at 57 kilometres from Rodez, the department capital (general information: La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite is 530 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 2 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Revens and Saint-Andre-de-Vezines.

This page in French: Visiter La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite