Saint-Germain-de-Salles travel guide
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Visit Saint-Germain-de-Salles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Germain-de-Salles is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 362 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Germain-de-Salles is 305 km from Paris and 540 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Charroux at 4 km from Saint-Germain-de-Salles
Popular places to visit near Saint-Germain-de-Salles: these include Charroux at 4 km and Saint-Pourcain-sur-Sioule at 16 km.
Charroux is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 4km and Chareil-Cintrat Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 10km. 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-Germain-de-Salles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Germain-de-Salles
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Germain-de-Salles.
Note that all distances from Saint-Germain-de-Salles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Germain-de-Salles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Germain-de-Salles (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-Germain-de-Salles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du domaine royal de Randan (21km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (40km) :
- National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (10km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Charroux (4km) :
- Religious monuments: Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (30km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (31km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (43km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (18km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Riom (32km) : Mozac (35km) : Marsat (35km) : Moulins (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (34km) : Neris-les-Bains (44km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Germain-de-Salles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Germain-de-Salles
Canton: Chantelle
Arrondissement: Moulins
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03140
Distance to Saint-Germain-de-Salles
from Moulins: 362 km
from Paris: 305 km
from Calais: 540 km
from Nice: 421 km
from Bordeaux: 331 km
from Strasbourg: 434 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Germain-de-Salles): Barberier, Begues, Charroux, Escurolles, Etroussat, Jenzat, Le Mayet-d'Ecole, Mazerier, Saint-Bonnet-de-Rochefort, Saulzet, Taxat-Senat and Ussel-d'Allier.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Germain-de-Salles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Germain-de-Salles