Dornes travel guide
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Visit Dornes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Dornes is situated in the Nievre department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 35 km from Nevers, the department capital. (General information: Dornes is 250 km from Paris and 484 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Moulins at 16 km from Dornes
Popular places to visit near Dornes: these include Moulins at 16 km and Souvigny at 23 km.
Arboretum de Balaine is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Moulins is a listed 'town of art and history' at 16km. 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 Dornes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Dornes
See France This Way travel guides for Nievre and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Dornes.
Note that all distances from Dornes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Dornes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Dornes (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 Dornes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum de Balaine (8km) : Parc floral d'Apremont (32km) : Forgeneuve (35km) : Jardin du château de Limanton (43km) : Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (30km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (28km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Moulins (16km) : Nevers (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Dornes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Dornes
Canton: Dornes
Arrondissement: Nevers
Department: Nievre
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 58390
Distance to Dornes
from Nevers: 35 km
from Paris: 250 km
from Calais: 484 km
from Nice: 454 km
from Bordeaux: 369 km
from Strasbourg: 390 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 Dornes): Aurouer, Saint-Ennemond, Saint-Parize-en-Viry and Toury-Lurcy.
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 Dornes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Dornes