Regional guide
Auvergne
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Ideas to get you started
Available guides: 4
Ideas to get you started
A selection of city guides to help you choose your base.
Aurillac
Aurillac lies in the Cantal department of the Massif Central, with much of the town following the River Jordanne. Its compact historic centre is a network of narrow, largely pedestrian streets, where …
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Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand, the prefecture of Puy-de-Dôme, has a historic centre shaped by churches, civic squares and the union of two former towns. Its position in Auvergne also places the city close to the v…
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Puy-en-Velay
Le Puy-en-Velay, the prefecture of Haute-Loire, occupies a steep volcanic setting in Auvergne. Its old streets climb towards a Romanesque cathedral, while chapels and statues crown separate rocky outc…
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Vichy
Vichy is an Allier spa town shaped by its mineral springs, its expansion under Napoleon III and its complex place in Second World War history. The central spa quarter brings together Belle Époque leis…
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Places to Visit in Auvergne
This regional index groups four named city destinations under Allier, Cantal, Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme. The department pages provide routes towards Vichy, Aurillac, Le Puy-en-Velay and Clermont-Ferrand.
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The directory entry is organised as a directory, with each city reached through its department page:
- Cantal for the route to Aurillac.
- Allier for the route to Vichy.
- Haute-Loire for the route to Le Puy-en-Velay.
- Puy-de-Dôme for the route to Clermont-Ferrand.
From region to city
The four links cover every department branch directly below this Auvergne page. Travellers beginning with a city name can use the pairings above to select the correct route. The next level supplies the relevant city listing. This page therefore keeps to the scope of the regional source: it maps the named cities to their English directory paths without treating the list as a ranking or adding claims about attractions not described there.
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