Diou travel guide
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Visit Diou: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Diou is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 321 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Diou is 279 km from Paris and 510 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Paray-le-Monial at 30 km from Diou
Popular places to visit near Diou: these include Paray-le-Monial at 30 km and Moulins at 32 km.
Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) is a listed 'religious monument' at 24km and Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) is a listed 'religious monument' at 30km. 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 Diou, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Diou
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Diou.
Note that all distances from Diou shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Diou holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Diou (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 Diou and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Digoine (36km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (38km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (41km) : Arboretum de Balaine (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (24km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (30km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (34km) : Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (37km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (30km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Moulins (32km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (33km) :
- Grand Site of France: Bibracte-Mont Beuvray (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Diou & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Diou
Canton: Dompierre-sur-Besbre
Arrondissement: Moulins
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03290
Distance to Diou
from Moulins: 321 km
from Paris: 279 km
from Calais: 510 km
from Nice: 419 km
from Bordeaux: 385 km
from Strasbourg: 377 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 Diou): Dompierre-sur-Besbre, Gilly-sur-Loire, Pierrefitte-sur-Loire and Saint-Aubin-sur-Loire.
Getting here
For driving distances to Diou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Diou