Le Donjon travel guide
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Visit Le Donjon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Le Donjon is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 342 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Le Donjon is 299 km from Paris and 531 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lapalisse at 16 km from Le Donjon
Popular places to visit near Le Donjon: these include Lapalisse at 16 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 21 km.
Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km and Lapalisse is a listed 'recommended detour' at 16km. 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 Le Donjon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Donjon
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Le Donjon.
Note that all distances from Le Donjon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Donjon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Le Donjon (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 Le Donjon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (28km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (31km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (39km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (40km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (46km) :
- National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (25km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (7km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (19km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (27km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (27km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (28km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (33km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (27km) : Vichy (37km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Moulins (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (16km) : Charlieu (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Le Donjon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Donjon
Canton: Donjon
Arrondissement: Vichy
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03130
Distance to Le Donjon
from Moulins: 342 km
from Paris: 299 km
from Calais: 531 km
from Nice: 402 km
from Bordeaux: 379 km
from Strasbourg: 387 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 Le Donjon): Lenax, Liernolles and Saint-Didier-en-Donjon.
Getting here
For driving distances to Le Donjon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Donjon