Authiou travel guide
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Visit Authiou: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Authiou is situated in the Nievre department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 37 km from Nevers, the department capital. (General information: Authiou is 193 km from Paris and 424 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Corbigny at 20 km from Authiou
Popular places to visit near Authiou: these include Corbigny at 20 km and Clamecy at 22 km.
Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km and Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) is a listed 'religious monument' at 25km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Authiou: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Authiou, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Authiou
See France This Way travel guides for Nievre and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Authiou.
Note that all distances from Authiou shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Authiou holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Authiou (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 Nievre 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 Authiou and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (30km) : Forgeneuve (34km) : Jardin du château de Limanton (40km) : Parc floral d'Apremont (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (9km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (26km) : Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (32km) : Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (32km) : Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (33km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (33km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Nevers (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sancerre (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Authiou & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Authiou
Canton: Brinon-sur-Beuvron
Arrondissement: Clamecy
Department: Nievre
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 58700
Distance to Authiou
from Nevers: 37 km
from Paris: 193 km
from Calais: 424 km
from Nice: 497 km
from Bordeaux: 410 km
from Strasbourg: 354 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Authiou): Arthel, Arzembouy, Brinon-sur-Beuvron, Bussy-la-Pesle, Champallement, Champlemy, Champlin, Chazeuil, Chevannes-Changy, Corvol-d'Embernard, Giry, Marcy and Taconnay.
Getting here
Nievre is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port, operhaps Calais or Dunkirk at about 5 - 6 hours. For driving distances to Authiou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Authiou