Moulins travel guide
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Visit Moulins: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Moulins is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Allier department. (General information: Moulins is 265 km from Paris and 499 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Moulins
Popular places to visit near Moulins: these include Souvigny at 11 km and Saint-Pourcain-sur-Sioule at 29 km.
Arboretum de Balaine is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km and Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) is a listed 'religious monument' at 21km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Moulins: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Moulins, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Moulins
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Moulins.
Note that all distances from Moulins shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Moulins holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Moulins (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 Moulins and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum de Balaine (16km) : Parc floral d'Apremont (44km) :
- National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (42km) : Charroux (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (24km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Moulins & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Moulins
Canton: Moulins
Arrondissement: Moulins
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03000
Distance to Moulins
from Moulins: 319 km
from Paris: 265 km
from Calais: 499 km
from Nice: 443 km
from Bordeaux: 359 km
from Strasbourg: 400 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Moulins): Avermes, Bressolles, Coulandon, Neuvy, Toulon-sur-Allier and Yzeure.
Getting here
For driving distances to Moulins from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Moulins