Nièvre: what to see and do
13 sites listed in the département. Land of the Morvan, the Nièvre cultivates a rural and forested identity of lakes, waterfalls and characterful villages such as La Charité-sur-Loire, listed by UNESCO. This Burgundy département appeals with its wide unspoilt spaces.
La Charité-sur-Loire
A former monastic town listed by UNESCO as part of the Compostela routes, whose Cluniac priory still overlooks the Loire.
Le Saut de Gouloux
Gouloux is famous for its waterfall "Le Saut de Gouloux" on the Caillot, a tributary of the Cure that was long used for floating timber.
Cascade des gorges de Narvau
Coming from the Moulin du Bois pond then the Goulot pond, the Auxois leaves Lormes, becoming more and more enclosed in the Narvau Gorges.
Château de Bazoches
Château de Châtillon
Château de Corbelin
Château de Lantilly
Château de Villemolin
Dolmen naturel de Chevresse
In the heart of the Breuil-Chenue forest, tourists and the curious can take a forest road leading to a natural site called the "Dolmen de Chevresse".
Le Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
Palais ducal de Nevers
Nevers
Parc naturel régional du Morvan
A mid-mountain massif in the heart of Burgundy, the Morvan unfolds deep forests, reservoir lakes and granite hamlets. Its regional nature park, created in 1970, protects a rural territory kept apart from the main tourist flows.