Sorbier travel guide
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Visit Sorbier: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sorbier is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 340 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Sorbier is 294 km from Paris and 527 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lapalisse at 13 km from Sorbier
Popular places to visit near Sorbier: these include Lapalisse at 13 km and Saint-Pourcain-sur-Sioule at 29 km.
Lapalisse is a listed 'recommended detour' at 13km and Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) is a listed 'religious monument' at 18km. 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 Sorbier, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sorbier
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sorbier.
Note that all distances from Sorbier shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sorbier holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sorbier (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 Sorbier and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (39km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (41km) : Parc du domaine royal de Randan (45km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (47km) : Arboretum de Balaine (49km) :
- National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (35km) : Charroux (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (30km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (37km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (37km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (38km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (43km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (32km) : Paray-le-Monial (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Moulins (33km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (13km) : Charlieu (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Sorbier & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sorbier
Canton: Jaligny-sur-Besbre
Arrondissement: Vichy
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03220
Distance to Sorbier
from Moulins: 340 km
from Paris: 294 km
from Calais: 527 km
from Nice: 410 km
from Bordeaux: 371 km
from Strasbourg: 394 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sorbier): Bert, Chatelperron, Chavroches, Jaligny-sur-Besbre, Montcombroux-les-Mines, Saint-Leon, Trezelles and Varennes-sur-Teche.
Getting here
For driving distances to Sorbier from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sorbier