Avord travel guide
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Visit Avord: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Avord is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 20 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Avord is 204 km from Paris and 439 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bourges at 20 km from Avord
Popular places to visit near Avord: these include Bourges at 20 km and La Charite-sur-Loire at 32 km.
Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Avord: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Avord, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Avord
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Avord.
Note that all distances from Avord shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Avord holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Avord (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 Avord and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les Prés Fichaux (20km) : Parc floral d'Apremont (33km) : Forgeneuve (41km) : Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (47km) :
- National Monuments: Bourges Cathedral (20km) : Palace Jacques Coeur (20km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (5km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (17km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (18km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (20km) : Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (32km) : Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (32km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (33km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (20km) : Nevers (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Mehun-sur-Yevre (35km) : Sancerre (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Avord & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Avord
Canton: Baugy
Arrondissement: Bourges
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18520
Distance to Avord
from Bourges: 20 km
from Paris: 204 km
from Calais: 439 km
from Nice: 517 km
from Bordeaux: 349 km
from Strasbourg: 418 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Avord): Baugy, Crosses, Farges-en-Septaine and Jussy-Champagne.
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 Avord from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Avord