Saint-Genest travel guide
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Visit Saint-Genest: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Genest is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 360 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Genest is 289 km from Paris and 524 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Montlucon at 8 km from Saint-Genest
Popular places to visit near Saint-Genest: these include Montlucon at 8 km and Herisson at 29 km.
Neris-les-Bains is a listed 'recommended detour' at 6km and Montlucon is a listed 'town of art and history' at 8km. 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-Genest, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Genest
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Genest.
Note that all distances from Saint-Genest shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Genest holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Genest (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-Genest and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (25km) : Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (46km) :
- National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Charroux (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montlucon (8km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Neris-les-Bains (6km) : Aubusson (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Genest & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Genest
Canton: Marcillat-en-Combraille
Arrondissement: Montluçon
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03310
Distance to Saint-Genest
from Moulins: 360 km
from Paris: 289 km
from Calais: 524 km
from Nice: 465 km
from Bordeaux: 293 km
from Strasbourg: 466 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Genest): Lavault-Sainte-Anne, Lignerolles, Mazirat, Neris-les-Bains, Premilhat, Sainte-Therence and Villebret.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Genest from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Genest