Desertines travel guide
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Visit Desertines: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Desertines is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 350 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Desertines is 278 km from Paris and 513 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Montlucon at 2 km from Desertines
Popular places to visit near Desertines: these include Montlucon at 2 km and Herisson at 18 km.
Montlucon is a listed 'town of art and history' at 2km and Neris-les-Bains is a listed 'recommended detour' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Desertines, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Desertines
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Desertines.
Note that all distances from Desertines shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Desertines holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Desertines (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 Desertines and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (22km) : Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (37km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (44km) :
- National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Charroux (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (42km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (45km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montlucon (2km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Neris-les-Bains (9km) :
Map of places to visit near Desertines & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Désertines
Canton: Montluçon-Est (4e Canton)
Arrondissement: Montluçon
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03630
Distance to Desertines
from Moulins: 350 km
from Paris: 278 km
from Calais: 513 km
from Nice: 470 km
from Bordeaux: 301 km
from Strasbourg: 458 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Desertines): Lavault-Sainte-Anne, Montlucon, Saint-Victor and Verneix.
Getting here
For driving distances to Desertines from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Desertines