Urcay travel guide
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Visit Urcay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Urcay is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 322 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Urcay is 249 km from Paris and 484 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Herisson at 16 km from Urcay
Popular places to visit near Urcay: these include Herisson at 16 km and Culan at 20 km.
Foret de Troncais is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 10km and Saint-Amand-Montrond is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 13km. 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 Urcay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Urcay
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Urcay.
Note that all distances from Urcay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Urcay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Urcay (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 Urcay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (16km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (29km) : Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (32km) : Parc floral d'Apremont (47km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (48km) :
- National Monuments: George Sand House (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (17km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (20km) : Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (27km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (36km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (13km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montlucon (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Neris-les-Bains (37km) : La Chatre (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Urcay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Urçay
Canton: Cérilly
Arrondissement: Montluçon
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03360
Distance to Urcay
from Moulins: 322 km
from Paris: 249 km
from Calais: 484 km
from Nice: 490 km
from Bordeaux: 316 km
from Strasbourg: 444 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 Urcay): Ainay-le-Vieil, Braize, La Celette, La Perche, Letelon, Meaulne and Vitray.
Getting here
For driving distances to Urcay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Urcay