Sylvanes tourism and travel guide

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Visit Sylvanes: highlights and tourist information

Sylvanes 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 Sylvanes in Occitanie.

Popular places to visit nearby include Avene at 15 km and Belmont-sur-Rance at 15 km.

Sylvanes, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Avene

at 15 km (direction east-south-east), in the Herault department

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

See Avene guide

Belmont-sur-Rance

at 15 km (direction west)

The Cevennes village of Belmont-sur-Rance is small but very enjoyable to explore, and to...

See Belmont-sur-Rance guide

Lunas and area

at 21 km (direction east), in the Herault department

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

See Lunas and area guide

Millau bridge

Bridge at 29 km (direction north-north-east)

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

See Millau bridge guide

Peyre

Most Beautiful Village at 29 km (direction north-north-east)

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

See Peyre guide

Olargues

Most Beautiful Village at 30 km (direction south), in the Herault department

With a lovely medieval centre and the scenic background of the Jaur river that...

See Olargues guide

La Couvertoirade

Most Beautiful Village at 31 km (direction east-north-east)

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

See La Couvertoirade guide

Millau

at 32 km (direction north-north-east)

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

See Millau guide

Brousse-le-Chateau

Most Beautiful Village at 32 km (direction west-north-west)

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

See Brousse-le-Chateau guide

Lodeve

at 32 km (direction east-south-east), in the Herault department

It is undoubtedly the Saint-Fulcran cathedral that will form the centre of your visit...

See Lodeve guide

Roquebrun

at 37 km (direction south-south-east), in the Herault department

The seting on the River Orb and the Mediterranean garden add to the charm...

See Roquebrun guide

Le Lac-du-Salagou

at 39 km (direction east-south-east), in the Herault department

The Lac-du-Salagou is a popular leisure lake with a wide range of activities and...

See Le Lac-du-Salagou guide

La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite

at 40 km (direction north-east)

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

See La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite guide

Cirque de Moureze

at 40 km (direction east-south-east), in the Herault department

The Cirque de Moureze is one of the loveliest scenic spectacles in northern Languedoc-Roussillon...

See Cirque de Moureze guide

... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Aveyron

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Map of places to visit near Sylvanes

Markets in and near Sylvanes

• Saint-Affrique: market Thursday & Saturday (15km)
• Lamalou-les-Bains: market Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday (28km)
• Bedarieux: market Monday all day (29km)
• Millau: market Wednesday & Friday (32km)
• Villefranche-de-Panat: market Sunday - seasonal market only (35km)
• Saint-Pons-de-Thomieres: market Wednesday & Sunday (41km)
• Salles-Curan: market Saturday - seasonal market only (41km)
• Arvieu: market Wednesday - seasonal market only (46km)
• Labastide-Rouairoux: market Thursday (46km)
• Paulhan: market Thursday (52km)

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Tourist attractions near Sylvanes, France

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

Grand sites of France

• Valle du Salagou (39km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Peyre (29km)
• Olargues (30km)
• La Couvertoirade (31km)
• Brousse-le-Chateau (32km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Lodeve (32km)
• Pezenas (56km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Grands Causses (23km)
• Haut-Languedoc (37km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye de Sylvanès (Sylvanes) (1km)
• Eglise de Saint-Cirice (Brousse-le-Chateau) (32km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc et jardin du château de Margon (48km)
• Jardin des carrières de Saint-Adrien (53km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Mont Caroux (25km)
• Chaos de Montpellier-le-Vieux (40km)
• Cirque du Moureze (40km)
• Cirque de Mourèze (40km)
• Cirque de Vissec (42km)
• Grotte de la Devèze (44km)
• Céressou (48km)
• Abîme de Bramabiau (53km)
• Aven Armand (grotte) (55km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Le Caylar (30km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Fraisse-sur-Agout (27km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Maison des vautours (vultures) (47km)

Geography and distances

Sylvanes is in the southern-centre of France at 65 kilometres from Rodez, the department capital (general information: Sylvanes is 561 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

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

We have 4 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Camares, Fayet, Gissac and Montagnol.

This page in French: Visiter Sylvanes