Tournemire tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Millau bridge at 13 km from Tournemire

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Visit Tournemire: highlights and tourist information

Tournemire 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 Tournemire in Occitanie.

Popular places to visit nearby include Millau bridge at 13 km and Peyre at 14 km.

Tournemire, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Millau bridge

Bridge at 13 km (direction )

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

See Millau bridge guide

Peyre

Most Beautiful Village at 14 km (direction )

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

See Peyre guide

Millau

at 15 km (direction north-north-east)

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

See Millau guide

La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite

at 24 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

Avene

at 24 km (direction south-south-east), in the Herault department

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

See Avene guide

La Couvertoirade

Most Beautiful Village at 25 km (direction east)

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

See La Couvertoirade guide

Lunas and area

at 25 km (direction 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

Belmont-sur-Rance

at 27 km (direction west-south-west)

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

See Belmont-sur-Rance guide

Gorges de la Jonte

Scenery at 30 km (direction 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

Brousse-le-Chateau

Most Beautiful Village at 32 km (direction west)

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

See Brousse-le-Chateau guide

Lodeve

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

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

See Lodeve guide

Les Vignes

at 38 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 39 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

Meyrueis

at 40 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

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Map of places to visit near Tournemire

Markets in and near Tournemire

• Saint-Affrique: market Thursday & Saturday (11km)
• Millau: market Wednesday & Friday (15km)
• Villefranche-de-Panat: market Sunday - seasonal market only (28km)
• Salles-Curan: market Saturday - seasonal market only (30km)
• Arvieu: market Wednesday - seasonal market only (38km)
• Severac-le-Chateau: market Thursday (39km)
• Bedarieux: market Monday all day (41km)
• Lamalou-les-Bains: market Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday (42km)
• Sainte-Enimie: market Wednesday & Saturday (54km)
• Gignac: market Saturday (55km)

More information about Tournemire, Midi-Pyrenees

Tourist attractions near Tournemire, France

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

Grand sites of France

• Cirque de Navacelles (40km)
• Valle du Salagou (45km)
• Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert / Gorges de l'Herault (50km)
• Gorges du Tarn (53km)

Heritage sites

• St Guilhem le Desert ancienne abbaye (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (50km)
• Saint Jean de Fos pont du diable (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (52km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Peyre (14km)
• La Couvertoirade (25km)
• Brousse-le-Chateau (32km)
• Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert (50km)
• Sainte-Enimie (54km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Lodeve (36km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Grands Causses (7km)
• Haut-Languedoc (53km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye de Sylvanès (Sylvanes) (16km)
• Eglise de Saint-Cirice (Brousse-le-Chateau) (32km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Chaos de Montpellier-le-Vieux (24km)
• Cirque de Vissec (36km)
• Aven Armand (grotte) (39km)
• Abîme de Bramabiau (40km)
• Mont Caroux (41km)
• Cirque de Mourèze (47km)
• Cirque du Moureze (47km)
• Chaos de Nimes-le-Vieux (47km)
• Mont Aigoual (48km)
• Grotte de la Clamouse (52km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Le Caylar (27km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Fraisse-sur-Agout (44km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Maison des vautours (vultures) (31km)
• Parc à loups du Gévaudan (wolves) (45km)

Geography and distances

Tournemire is in the southern-centre of France at 55 kilometres from Rodez, the department capital (general information: Tournemire is 546 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

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

We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): La Bastide-Pradines, Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, Saint-Jean-d'Alcapies, Saint-Jean-et-Saint-Paul, Saint-Rome-de-Cernon and Viala-du-Pas-de-Jaux.

This page in French: Visiter Tournemire