Is Vichy a UNESCO World Heritage site?

Yes. Since 2021 Vichy has been one of the eleven towns of The Great Spa Towns of Europe on the World Heritage List, and the only one in France.

Aerial view of a long two-storey house clad in timber, its lawn and drive, surrounded by trees

Spa town

Vichy: a day in the UNESCO spa town

Belle Époque architecture, riverside parks and water sports, listed by UNESCO among the Great Spa Towns of Europe.

About 27 km by road, around 36 minutes from the estate

In 2021 UNESCO listed The Great Spa Towns of Europe, a group of eleven towns in which Vichy is the French member. The town grew around its springs and still looks the part, with its opera house, its parks and the long banks of the Allier.

The Parc Napoléon III, around 13 hectares along the river, is the natural place to walk. The Lac d'Allier, the stretch of river in the town, is where the water sports happen.

What to do

Walk the riverside parks laid out under Napoleon III
See the Opéra de Vichy, an Art Nouveau house inaugurated in 1901
Try the water sports on the Lac d'Allier: the Club Nautique de Vichy lists sailing, water skiing and wakeboarding
Rent a canoe to paddle the Allier from Vichy to Billy, which takes about two hours

Questions

Is Vichy a UNESCO World Heritage site?: Yes. Since 2021 Vichy has been one of the eleven towns of The Great Spa Towns of Europe on the World Heritage List, and the only one in France.
How far is Vichy from the Château de Chazeuil?: About 27 km by road, around 36 minutes.

Where to stay

Come back to the park

Holiday homes for 3 to 7 guests in the 35-hectare park of the Château de Chazeuil, with a pool and a wood-fired sauna on the estate. The season runs from May to the end of November.

See the houses

Life on the estate The château

Sources

Road distances and times were calculated from the estate's coordinates with OpenStreetMap data, and are a guide only.