Avril-sur-Loire tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Apremont-sur-Allier at 23 km from Avril-sur-Loire

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Visit Avril-sur-Loire: highlights and tourist information

Avril-sur-Loire is situated in the Nievre department and Burgundy-Franche-Comté region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Avril-sur-Loire in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Popular places to visit nearby include Apremont-sur-Allier at 23 km and Nevers at 25 km.

Avril-sur-Loire, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Apremont-sur-Allier

Most Beautiful Village at 23 km (direction west-north-west), in the Cher department

The story of the renewal of Apremont-sur-Allier is fascinating, and leads us to the...

See Apremont-sur-Allier guide

Nevers

at 25 km (direction north-west)

The ancient centre of Nevers contains several interesting monuments and houses dating from the...

See Nevers guide

Moulins

at 28 km (direction south), in the Allier department

In the historic centre of Moulins it is the cathedral that is the most...

See Moulins guide

Souvigny

at 34 km (direction south-south-west), in the Allier department

The Priory Church of Saint-Peter and Saint-Paul with the tombes of the Dukes of...

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La Charite-sur-Loire

at 47 km (direction north-west)

In La Charité-sur-Loire you can visit the abbey church and other monastery buildings...

See La Charite-sur-Loire guide

Corbigny

at 55 km (direction north-east)

Corbigny, on the edge of the Morvan Regional Parc, includes an abbey among its...

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Herisson

at 60 km (direction west-south-west), in the Allier department

The ruined castle and the historic centre along the banks of the Aumance river...

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Reserve excursions near Avril-sur-Loire

Map of places to visit near Avril-sur-Loire

Markets in and near Avril-sur-Loire

• Decize: market Friday (8km)
• La Machine: market Saturday (11km)
• Nevers: market Saturday all day (24km)
• Yzeure: market Wednesday (28km)
• Moulins: market Tuesday & Friday (28km)
• Fourchambault: market Sunday (30km)
• Sancoins: market Wednesday (33km)
• Lurcy-Levis: market Monday (33km)
• Bourbon-l'Archambault: market Saturday (35km)
• Dompierre-sur-Besbre: market Saturday (41km)

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Tourist attractions near Avril-sur-Loire, France

What to do at Avril-sur-Loire? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Avril-sur-Loire.

Heritage sites

• Abbatiale Notre-Dame de La Charité-sur-Loire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (47km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Apremont-sur-Allier (23km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (35km)
• Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (35km)
• Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (45km)

Remarkable gardens

• Arboretum de Balaine (16km)
• Forgeneuve (24km)
• Parc floral d'Apremont (25km)
• Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (34km)
• Jardin du château de Limanton (35km)

Amusement park / theme park

• Le PAL (41km)

Towns of Art and history

• Nevers (25km)
• Moulins (28km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Pougues-les-Eaux (34km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc d'Attractions et Animalier (PAL) (41km)

Geography and distances

Avril-sur-Loire is in the eastern-center of France at 24 kilometres from Nevers, the department capital (general information: Avril-sur-Loire is 239 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port, operhaps Calais or Dunkirk at about 5 - 6 hours. For driving distances to Avril-sur-Loire from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Beard, Druy-Parigny, Fleury-sur-Loire, Neuville-les-Decize, Saint-Germain-Chassenay and Sougy-sur-Loire.

This page in French: Visiter Avril-sur-Loire