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Visit Brives: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Brives is situated in the Indre department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 19 km from Chateauroux, the department capital. (General information: Brives is 226 km from Paris and 457 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mehun-sur-Yevre at 39 km from Brives
Popular places to visit near Brives: these include Mehun-sur-Yevre at 39 km and Argenton-sur-Creuse at 43 km.
Issoudun is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 12km and Chateauroux is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 19km. 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 Brives, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Brives
See France This Way travel guides for Indre and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Brives.
Note that all distances from Brives shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Brives holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Brives (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 Indre 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 Brives and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du domaine de George Sand (23km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (30km) : Jardin du château de Bouges (30km) : Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (40km) : Les Prés Fichaux (43km) :
- National Monuments: George Sand House (24km) : Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (30km) : Bourges Cathedral (43km) : Palace Jacques Coeur (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (27km) : Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (35km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (39km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (40km) : St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (42km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (43km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Issoudun (12km) : Chateauroux (19km) : Veuil (44km) : Saint-Amand-Montrond (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Chatre (29km) : Mehun-sur-Yevre (39km) : Valencay (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Brives & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brives
Canton: Issoudun-Sud
Arrondissement: Issoudun
Department: Indre
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 36100
Distance to Brives
from Chateauroux: 19 km
from Paris: 226 km
from Calais: 457 km
from Nice: 543 km
from Bordeaux: 297 km
from Strasbourg: 475 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Brives): Bommiers, Conde, Meunet-Planches, Saint-Aubin and Vouillon.
Getting here
Indre is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into a Paris airport and drive from there or arrive in a cross-channel port with Le Havre and Caen about 3-4 hours distance in the car. For driving distances to Brives from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Brives