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L'Aventure Michelin
Michelin's flagship museum in its home town of Clermont-Ferrand, tracing 130+ years of tyres, guides and mobility - from early aeroplanes to the rail-riding Michelines and modern motorsport.
15 km · about 30 min drive
Rhône-Alpes, France · Europe
Châtel-Guyon works well as a base: 5 minutes from Saint-Bonnet-près-Riom, 18km from Puy de Dome.
Châtel-Guyon is a town located in Rhône-Alpes, France. With a population of 5,681, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Châtel-Guyon sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Châtel-Guyon to your route.
Châtel-Guyon (French: [ʃɑtɛl ɡɥijɔ̃]; Auvergnat: Chastel Guion) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.
The name Châtel-Guyon comes from Castellum Guidonis, “Guy’s Castle”, after Guy II of Auvergne, the founder of the city.
Prior to June 2008 it was officially known asRead more
Châtelguyon, the change in the official styling being an adoption of its colloquial spelling, as, for example, used by Guy de Maupassant in his 1884 short story, "Le tic".
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Châtel-Guyon is located in Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe. The coordinates are 45.9226 latitude, 3.0642 longitude.
Châtel-Guyon has a population of approximately 5,681 people, making it a town in France.
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museum
Michelin's flagship museum in its home town of Clermont-Ferrand, tracing 130+ years of tyres, guides and mobility - from early aeroplanes to the rail-riding Michelines and modern motorsport.
15 km · about 30 min drive
photogenic
Cliff-edge viewpoint behind Queuille's village church over an almost-closed loop of the Sioule river wrapped around a forested peninsula: an Auvergne panorama that stays remarkably crowd-free.
17 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
A dormant volcanic dome rising to 1,465 meters in the Chaine des Puys, offering sweeping views over 80 volcanic cones in the Auvergne.
18 km · about 20 min drive
racetrack
Spectacular circuit wrapped around extinct volcanoes near Clermont-Ferrand, once dubbed the 'French Nurburgring'; its full 8 km lap hosted the French Grand Prix four times in the 1960s and 70s.
20 km · about 25 min drive
historic highway
The legendary 'Route des Vacances' from Paris to the Riviera, immortalised in song by Charles Trenet. Lapalisse, pinned here, still celebrates the N7's golden age with a retro traffic-jam festival.
57 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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