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Visit Civray: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Civray is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 22 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Civray is 210 km from Paris and 443 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mehun-sur-Yevre at 20 km from Civray
Popular places to visit near Civray: these include Mehun-sur-Yevre at 20 km and Bourges at 21 km.
Issoudun is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 14km and Mehun-sur-Yevre is a listed 'recommended detour' at 20km. 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 Civray, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Civray
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Civray.
Note that all distances from Civray shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Civray holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Civray (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 Civray and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les Prés Fichaux (21km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (36km) : Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (38km) : Jardin du château de Bouges (39km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (40km) :
- National Monuments: Palace Jacques Coeur (21km) : Bourges Cathedral (21km) : Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (39km) : George Sand House (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (23km) : St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (24km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (30km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (32km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (33km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (36km) : Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Issoudun (14km) : Saint-Amand-Montrond (37km) : Chateauroux (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (21km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Mehun-sur-Yevre (20km) : La Chatre (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Civray & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Civray
Canton: Chârost
Arrondissement: Bourges
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18290
Distance to Civray
from Bourges: 22 km
from Paris: 210 km
from Calais: 443 km
from Nice: 539 km
from Bordeaux: 318 km
from Strasbourg: 454 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 Civray): Charost, Primelles, Saint-Ambroix, Saint-Florent-sur-Cher and Saugy.
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 Civray from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Civray