Sorbier travel guide
Visit Sorbier: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Lapalisse at 13 km from Sorbier
Location: Sorbier is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 33 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Sorbier is 294 km from Paris and 527 km from the port at Calais).
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 13 km and Lapalisse is a listed village d'etape at 13 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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 our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Sorbier
- Jaligny-sur-Besbre: market every Wednesday (6km)
- Le Donjon: market every Tuesday (10km)
- Lapalisse: market every Thursday (13km)
- Dompierre-sur-Besbre: market every Saturday (17km)
- Varennes-sur-Allier: market every Tuesday (21km)
- Saint-Germain-Des-Fosses: market every Friday (24km)
- Digoin: market every Sunday & Friday (28km)
- Saint-Pourcain-sur-Sioule: market every Wednesday & Saturday (29km)
- Cusset: market every Saturday (30km)
- Marcigny: market every Monday (31km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Sorbier map below.
Most Beautiful Village Semur-en-Brionnais (35km); Charroux (43km)
National Monument Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (35km)
Recommended Detour Lapalisse (13km); Charlieu (46km)
Religious Monument 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); Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (37km); Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (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)
Remarkable Garden Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (39km); Parc du domaine royal de Randan (45km); Arboretum de Balaine (49km)
Theme Park Le PAL (17km)
Town Of Art And History Moulins (33km); Paray-le-Monial (37km)
Village D'etape Lapalisse (13km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Vichy (32km); Paray-le-Monial (36km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc d'Attractions et Animalier (PAL) (16km)
Map of places to visit near Sorbier & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sorbier
Canton: Jaligny-sur-Besbre
Arrondissement: Vichy
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 3220
Distance to Sorbier
from Moulins (local prefecture): 33 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!
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