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Visit Bourges Cathedral: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bourges Cathedral is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 1 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Bourges Cathedral is 197 km from Paris and 432 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bourges at 1 km from Bourges Cathedral
Popular places to visit near Bourges Cathedral: these include Bourges at 1 km and Mehun-sur-Yevre at 15 km.
Les Prés Fichaux is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 1km and Palace Jacques Coeur is a listed 'national monument' at 1km. 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 Bourges Cathedral, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bourges Cathedral
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bourges Cathedral.
Note that all distances from Bourges Cathedral shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bourges Cathedral holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bourges Cathedral (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 Bourges Cathedral and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les Prés Fichaux (1km) : Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (47km) :
- National Monuments: Palace Jacques Coeur (1km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (10km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (21km) : St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (23km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (35km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (35km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (37km) : Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (48km) : Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Issoudun (34km) : Saint-Amand-Montrond (40km) : Aubigny-sur-Nere (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (1km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Mehun-sur-Yevre (15km) : Sancerre (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Bourges Cathedral & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bourges Cathedral
Canton: na
Arrondissement: na
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: na
Distance to Bourges Cathedral
from Bourges: 1 km
from Paris: 197 km
from Calais: 432 km
from Nice: 534 km
from Bordeaux: 339 km
from Strasbourg: 433 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bourges Cathedral): Bourges, La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin and Saint-Doulchard.
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 Bourges Cathedral from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bourges Cathedral