Saint-Caprais travel guide

Saint-Caprais photo, taken in Herisson France

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Visit Saint-Caprais: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Saint-Caprais is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 327 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Caprais is 258 km from Paris and 493 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Herisson at 5 km from Saint-Caprais

Popular places to visit near Saint-Caprais: these include Herisson at 5 km and Montlucon at 25 km.

Foret de Troncais is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 10km and Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) is a listed 'religious monument' at 23km. 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 Saint-Caprais, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Caprais

photo of Culan
Culan 30km
photo of Moulins
Moulins 46km

See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Caprais.

Note that all distances from Saint-Caprais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Saint-Caprais holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Caprais (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 Saint-Caprais and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (29km) : Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (35km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (41km) : Arboretum de Balaine (42km) : Parc floral d'Apremont (46km) :
  2. National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (49km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (47km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (25km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (30km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (38km) : Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (39km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (42km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (49km) :
  5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (26km) :
  6. Towns of Art and History: Montlucon (25km) : Moulins (46km) :
  7. Recommended Detour Town: Neris-les-Bains (30km) :

Map of places to visit near Saint-Caprais & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Saint-Caprais

Canton: Hérisson

Arrondissement: Montluçon

Department: Allier

Region: Auvergne

Postcode: 03190

Distance to Saint-Caprais

from Moulins: 327 km

from Paris: 258 km

from Calais: 493 km

from Nice: 476 km

from Bordeaux: 320 km

from Strasbourg: 439 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 Saint-Caprais): Herisson, Le Brethon and Le Vilhain.

Getting here

For driving distances to Saint-Caprais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Saint-Caprais