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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.
9 km · about 15 min drive
Rhône-Alpes, France · Europe
Ménétrol works well as a base: 5 minutes from Châteaugay, 17km from Puy de Dome.
Ménétrol is a town located in Rhône-Alpes, France. With a population of 1,758, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Ménétrol 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 Ménétrol to your route.
Ménétrol (French pronunciation: [menetʁɔl]) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.
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Ménétrol is located in Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe. The coordinates are 45.8715 latitude, 3.1242 longitude.
Ménétrol has a population of approximately 1,758 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.
9 km · about 15 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.
16 km · about 30 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.
17 km · about 20 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.
24 km · about 30 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.
58 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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