Chapeau travel guide
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Visit Chapeau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chapeau is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 326 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Chapeau is 277 km from Paris and 511 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Moulins at 17 km from Chapeau
Popular places to visit near Chapeau: these include Moulins at 17 km and Souvigny at 25 km.
Moulins is a listed 'town of art and history' at 17km and Lapalisse is a listed 'recommended detour' at 28km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Chapeau: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chapeau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chapeau
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chapeau.
Note that all distances from Chapeau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chapeau holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chapeau (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 Chapeau and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum de Balaine (31km) :
- National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Charroux (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (43km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (46km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (41km) : Paray-le-Monial (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Moulins (17km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (28km) :
Map of places to visit near Chapeau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chapeau
Canton: Neuilly-le-Réal
Arrondissement: Moulins
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03340
Distance to Chapeau
from Moulins: 326 km
from Paris: 277 km
from Calais: 511 km
from Nice: 427 km
from Bordeaux: 367 km
from Strasbourg: 394 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chapeau): Mercy, Montbeugny and Thiel-sur-Acolin.
Getting here
For driving distances to Chapeau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chapeau