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Visit Millau: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: The town of Millau is a lively traditional town, well worth a visit when you are exploring this region

Millau is situated in the Aveyron department and Occitanie region.

Attractions in Millau

Millau Bridge (the Viaduc de Millau) is a modern bridge designed by Norman Foster, one of the highest bridges in the world, and an imposing local monument: Millau bridge

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

Popular places to visit nearby include Peyre at 6 km and La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite at 12 km.

Millau, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Millau bridge

Bridge at 5 km (direction west-south-west)

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

See Millau bridge guide

Peyre

Most Beautiful Village at 6 km (direction west)

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

See Peyre guide

La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite

at 12 km (direction east)

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

See La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite guide

Gorges de la Jonte

Scenery at 17 km (direction east-north-east), in the Lozere department

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

See Gorges de la Jonte guide

Les Vignes

at 23 km (direction north-east), in the Lozere department

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

See Les Vignes guide

Severac-le-Chateau

at 25 km (direction north-east)

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

See Severac-le-Chateau guide

La Couvertoirade

Most Beautiful Village at 28 km (direction south-east)

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

See La Couvertoirade guide

Meyrueis

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

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

See Meyrueis guide

La Malène

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

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

See La Malène guide

Les loups du Gevaudan

at 30 km (direction north-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

Lunas and area

at 36 km (direction south-south-east), in the Herault department

Lunas is one of the villages in the attractive 'Land of Mountains and Springs'...

See Lunas and area guide

Saint-Chely-du-Tarn

at 36 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...

See Saint-Chely-du-Tarn guide

Brousse-le-Chateau

Most Beautiful Village at 38 km (direction west-south-west)

Brousse-le-Chateau is an idyllic little village of steep cobbled streets on the banks of...

See Brousse-le-Chateau guide

Avene

at 38 km (direction south), in the Herault department

More famous for the beauty products produced here, the steep streets of the old...

See Avene guide

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Markets in and near Millau

Market days in Millau: weekly market: Wednesday & Friday;

• Millau: market Wednesday & Friday (0km)
• Saint-Affrique: market Thursday & Saturday (22km)
• Severac-le-Chateau: market Thursday (25km)
• Salles-Curan: market Saturday - seasonal market only (25km)
• Villefranche-de-Panat: market Sunday - seasonal market only (30km)
• Arvieu: market Wednesday - seasonal market only (35km)
• Laissac: market Tuesday (37km)
• Sainte-Enimie: market Wednesday & Saturday (40km)
• Le Vigan: market Saturday (44km)
• Valleraugue: market Wednesday & Saturday (45km)

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Tourist attractions near Millau, France

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

Grand sites of France

• Gorges du Tarn (39km)
• Cirque de Navacelles (41km)
• Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert / Gorges de l'Herault (55km)

Heritage sites

• St Guilhem le Desert ancienne abbaye (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (55km)
• Saint Jean de Fos pont du diable (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (58km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Peyre (6km)
• La Couvertoirade (28km)
• Brousse-le-Chateau (38km)
• Sainte-Enimie (40km)
• Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt (42km)
• Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert (55km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Lodeve (45km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Grands Causses (11km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye de Sylvanès (Sylvanes) (31km)
• Eglise de Saint-Cirice (Brousse-le-Chateau) (38km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin d'Eden du château du Colombier (58km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Chaos de Montpellier-le-Vieux (12km)
• Aven Armand (grotte) (26km)
• Abîme de Bramabiau (32km)
• Chaos de Nimes-le-Vieux (37km)
• Cirque de Vissec (38km)
• Mont Aigoual (40km)
• Trou de Bozouls (50km)
• Tindoul de la Vayssière (55km)
• Grotte de la Clamouse (58km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Le Caylar (33km)
• La Canourgue (39km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Maison des vautours (vultures) (17km)
• Parc à loups du Gévaudan (wolves) (30km)

Geography and distances

Millau is in the southern-centre of France at 49 kilometres from Rodez, the department capital (general information: Millau is 532 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

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

We have 1 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Creissels.

This page in French: Visiter Millau