Ainay-le-Chateau travel guide
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Visit Ainay-le-Chateau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ainay-le-Chateau is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 310 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Ainay-le-Chateau is 240 km from Paris and 475 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Herisson at 22 km from Ainay-le-Chateau
Popular places to visit near Ainay-le-Chateau: these include Herisson at 22 km and Culan at 32 km.
Foret de Troncais is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 8km and Saint-Amand-Montrond is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Ainay-le-Chateau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ainay-le-Chateau
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ainay-le-Chateau.
Note that all distances from Ainay-le-Chateau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ainay-le-Chateau holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ainay-le-Chateau (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in France and Allier gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Ainay-le-Chateau and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (24km) : Parc floral d'Apremont (35km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (37km) : Arboretum de Balaine (42km) : Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (44km) : Les Prés Fichaux (47km) :
- National Monuments: Palace Jacques Coeur (47km) : Bourges Cathedral (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (18km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (20km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (27km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (32km) : Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (14km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montlucon (42km) : Nevers (47km) : Bourges (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Neris-les-Bains (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Ainay-le-Chateau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ainay-le-Château
Canton: Cérilly
Arrondissement: Montluçon
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03360
Distance to Ainay-le-Chateau
from Moulins: 310 km
from Paris: 240 km
from Calais: 475 km
from Nice: 490 km
from Bordeaux: 328 km
from Strasbourg: 432 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ainay-le-Chateau): Bessais-le-Fromental, Braize, Charenton-du-Cher, Saint-Bonnet-Troncais and Saint-Pierre-les-Etieux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Ainay-le-Chateau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ainay-le-Chateau