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Ainay-le-Vieil travel guide

Visit Ainay-le-Vieil: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Ainay-le-Vieil is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 48 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Ainay-le-Vieil is 244 km from Paris and 479 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Culan at 20 km from Ainay-le-Vieil

Popular places to visit near Ainay-le-Vieil: these include Culan at 20 km and Herisson at 21 km.

Saint-Amand-Montrond is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 7km and Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Ainay-le-Vieil, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ainay-le-Vieil

See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ainay-le-Vieil.

Note that all distances from Ainay-le-Vieil shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

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 Ainay-le-Vieil and wondering what to do next!

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (13km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (26km) : Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (34km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (45km) : Parc floral d'Apremont (46km) : Les Prés Fichaux (48km) :
2. National Monuments: George Sand House (44km) : Bourges Cathedral (47km) : Palace Jacques Coeur (48km) :
3. Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (48km) :
4. Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (11km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (23km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (24km) : Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (36km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (40km) :
5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (7km) :
6. Towns of Art and History: Montlucon (37km) : Bourges (48km) :
7. Recommended Detour Town: Neris-les-Bains (43km) : La Chatre (44km) :

Map of places to visit near Ainay-le-Vieil & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Ainay-le-Vieil

Canton: Saulzais-le-Potier

Arrondissement: Saint-Amand-Montrond

Department: Cher

Region: Loire Valley

Postcode: 18200

Distance to Ainay-le-Vieil

from Bourges: 48 km

from Paris: 244 km

from Calais: 479 km

from Nice: 495 km

from Bordeaux: 317 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 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ainay-le-Vieil): Bouzais, Colombiers, Coust, Drevant, La Celette, La Groutte, La Perche, Letelon, Saint-Georges-de-Poisieux and Urcay.

Getting here

Cher is in the center of France. Most visitors fly into Paris and rent a car or drive from one of the channel ports such as Caen or Le Havre, a drive af about 2-3 hours. For driving distances to Ainay-le-Vieil from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Ainay-le-Vieil