Saint-Desire travel guide
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Visit Saint-Desire: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Desire is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 338 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Desire is 262 km from Paris and 497 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Culan at 8 km from Saint-Desire
Popular places to visit near Saint-Desire: these include Culan at 8 km and Herisson at 22 km.
Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km and Les jardins artistiques de Drulon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 17km. 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 Saint-Desire, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Desire
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Desire.
Note that all distances from Saint-Desire shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Desire holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Desire (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-Desire and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (13km) : Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (17km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (23km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (39km) :
- National Monuments: George Sand House (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (18km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (27km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (33km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (47km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (26km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montlucon (22km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Neris-les-Bains (29km) : La Chatre (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Desire & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Désiré
Canton: Huriel
Arrondissement: Montluçon
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03370
Distance to Saint-Desire
from Moulins: 338 km
from Paris: 262 km
from Calais: 497 km
from Nice: 491 km
from Bordeaux: 298 km
from Strasbourg: 461 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 Saint-Desire): Courcais, Saint-Eloy-d'Allier, Vesdun and Viplaix.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Desire from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Desire