Molinet travel guide
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Visit Molinet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Molinet is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 329 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Molinet is 291 km from Paris and 521 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Paray-le-Monial at 14 km from Molinet
Popular places to visit near Molinet: these include Paray-le-Monial at 14 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 19 km.
Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km and Paray-le-Monial is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 14km. 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 Molinet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Molinet
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Molinet.
Note that all distances from Molinet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Molinet holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Molinet (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 Molinet and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (22km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (23km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (25km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (34km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (26km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (14km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (15km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (19km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) (26km) : Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (31km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (14km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Moulins (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (33km) : Charlieu (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Molinet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Molinet
Canton: Dompierre-sur-Besbre
Arrondissement: Moulins
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03510
Distance to Molinet
from Moulins: 329 km
from Paris: 291 km
from Calais: 521 km
from Nice: 403 km
from Bordeaux: 395 km
from Strasbourg: 371 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Molinet): Chassenard, Digoin, La Motte-Saint-Jean, Le Pin and Saint-Agnan.
Getting here
For driving distances to Molinet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Molinet