Paray-le-Fresil travel guide
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Visit Paray-le-Fresil: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Paray-le-Fresil is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 308 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Paray-le-Fresil is 262 km from Paris and 494 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Moulins at 23 km from Paray-le-Fresil
Popular places to visit near Paray-le-Fresil: these include Moulins at 23 km and Souvigny at 35 km.
Moulins is a listed 'town of art and history' at 23km and Arboretum de Balaine is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 28km. 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 Paray-le-Fresil, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Paray-le-Fresil
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Paray-le-Fresil.
Note that all distances from Paray-le-Fresil shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Paray-le-Fresil holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Paray-le-Fresil (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 Paray-le-Fresil and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum de Balaine (28km) : Jardin du château de Limanton (39km) : Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (44km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (43km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (45km) : Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Moulins (23km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (45km) :
- Grand Site of France: Bibracte-Mont Beuvray (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Paray-le-Fresil & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Paray-le-Frésil
Canton: Chevagnes
Arrondissement: Moulins
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03230
Distance to Paray-le-Fresil
from Moulins: 308 km
from Paris: 262 km
from Calais: 494 km
from Nice: 436 km
from Bordeaux: 383 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 Paray-le-Fresil): Beaulon, Chevagnes, Garnat-sur-Engievre and Saint-Martin-Des-Lais.
Getting here
For driving distances to Paray-le-Fresil from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Paray-le-Fresil