Ardenais travel guide
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Visit Ardenais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ardenais is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 49 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Ardenais is 245 km from Paris and 479 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Culan at 12 km from Ardenais
Popular places to visit near Ardenais: these include Culan at 12 km and Herisson at 31 km.
Les jardins artistiques de Drulon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 1km and Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km. 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 Ardenais, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ardenais
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ardenais.
Note that all distances from Ardenais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ardenais holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ardenais (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 Cher 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 Ardenais and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (1km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (12km) : Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (28km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (31km) : Les Prés Fichaux (48km) :
- National Monuments: George Sand House (30km) : Bourges Cathedral (48km) : Palace Jacques Coeur (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (12km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (13km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (15km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (39km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (43km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (13km) : Issoudun (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montlucon (39km) : Bourges (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Chatre (30km) : Neris-les-Bains (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Ardenais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ardenais
Canton: Châtelet
Arrondissement: Saint-Amand-Montrond
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18170
Distance to Ardenais
from Bourges: 49 km
from Paris: 245 km
from Calais: 479 km
from Nice: 505 km
from Bordeaux: 305 km
from Strasbourg: 457 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ardenais): Arcomps, Loye-sur-Arnon and Marcais.
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 Ardenais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ardenais