By air

Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (IATA: CFE, ICAO: LFLC) is serving the French city of Clermont-Ferrand. It is located 6.7 km east of the city, in Aulnat, a commune of the departement of Puy-de-Dome.

By train

The main railway station has connections to Paris and several regional destinations: Lyon, Saint-Etienne, Moulins, Le Puy-en-Velay, Limoges. The motorway A71 connects Clermont-Ferrand with Orléans and Bourges, the A72 with Saint-Etienne, the A75 with Montpellier and the A89 with Bordeaux.
 

Basilica of Notre-Dame du Port, Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral, Jardin botanique de la Charme, Jardin botanique d'Auvergne

Basilica of Notre-Dame du Port

The Basilica of Notre-Dame du Port is a Romanesque basilica, formerly a collegiate church, in the Port quarter of Clermont-Ferrand, between Place Delille and the cathedral. From the 10th century to the French Revolution it was served by a community of canons, regular until the 13th century, and thereafter secular.

Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral

Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral is a Gothic cathedral, and French national monument, located in the town of Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne. It is the seat of the Archbishops of Clermont (bishops until 2002).It is built entirely in black lava stone, which makes it highly distinctive, and visible from a great distance. Its twin spires are 96.2 metres tall, and tower above the town's rooftops.

Jardin botanique de la Charme

The Jardin botanique de la Charme (18,000 m²), formerly known as the Jardin botanique de la Ville de Clermont-Ferrand, is a municipal botanical garden located at 10, rue de la Charme, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France. It is open weekdays year-round plus weekends in the warmer months; admission is free.The city's first botanical garden was established in 1781 by Abbé Antoine Delarbre on a rented site, now the Jardin Lecoq, and moved multiple times throughout the centuries.

Jardin botanique d'Auvergne

The Jardin botanique d'Auvergne (9 hectares), also known as the Jardin botanique d'essais de Royat-Charade, is a new botanical garden located in Charade, Royat, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France.The garden was established in 2007 as a joint undertaking between the Jardin en Herbes association and the town of Royat. It has been planted with more than 150 types of local flora, and in 2008 began a collaboration with the Conservatoire botanique national du Massif central.

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