Brinay travel guide
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Visit Brinay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Brinay is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 23 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Brinay is 187 km from Paris and 420 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mehun-sur-Yevre at 8 km from Brinay
Popular places to visit near Brinay: these include Mehun-sur-Yevre at 8 km and Bourges at 23 km.
Mehun-sur-Yevre is a listed 'recommended detour' at 8km and Palace Jacques Coeur is a listed 'national monument' at 23km. 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 Brinay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Brinay
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Brinay.
Note that all distances from Brinay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Brinay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Brinay (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 Brinay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les Prés Fichaux (23km) : Jardin du château de Bouges (38km) :
- National Monuments: Palace Jacques Coeur (23km) : Bourges Cathedral (23km) : Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (32km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (46km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Issoudun (27km) : Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (37km) : Aubigny-sur-Nere (42km) : Veuil (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (23km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Mehun-sur-Yevre (8km) : Valencay (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Brinay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brinay
Canton: Lury-sur-Arnon
Arrondissement: Vierzon
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18120
Distance to Brinay
from Bourges: 23 km
from Paris: 187 km
from Calais: 420 km
from Nice: 557 km
from Bordeaux: 334 km
from Strasbourg: 447 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Brinay): Foecy, Lury-sur-Arnon, Mereau, Quincy, Saint-Laurent, Vierzon and Vignoux-sur-Barangeon.
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 Brinay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Brinay