Apremont-sur-Allier

Close to where the Allier meets the Loire, this tiny village sits among hedged fields and woods on the river's west bank. Its château, rebuilt in the 15th century and reworked in the 17th and 19th, is the centrepiece, with the Parc Floral gardens around it. The castle stables now house a carriage museum, and the village church dates from the 13th century.

Highlights

• Château d'Apremont, Gothic and neo-Gothic, privately owned
• The Parc Floral gardens around the castle
• Musée des Calèches, a carriage museum in the castle stables
• The 13th-century village church
• Allier riverside meadows and woods, protected under Natura 2000

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.