Cours-les-Barres travel guide
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Visit Cours-les-Barres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cours-les-Barres is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 48 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Cours-les-Barres is 209 km from Paris and 444 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nevers at 10 km from Cours-les-Barres
Popular places to visit near Cours-les-Barres: these include Nevers at 10 km and Apremont-sur-Allier at 15 km.
Nevers is a listed 'town of art and history' at 10km and Forgeneuve is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km. 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 Cours-les-Barres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cours-les-Barres
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cours-les-Barres.
Note that all distances from Cours-les-Barres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cours-les-Barres holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cours-les-Barres (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 Cours-les-Barres and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Forgeneuve (12km) : Parc floral d'Apremont (14km) : Arboretum de Balaine (40km) : Les Prés Fichaux (48km) : Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (48km) :
- National Monuments: Bourges Cathedral (48km) : Palace Jacques Coeur (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (15km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (17km) : Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (27km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (30km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (38km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (38km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (47km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Nevers (10km) : Bourges (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sancerre (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Cours-les-Barres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cours-les-Barres
Canton: Guerche-sur-l'Aubois
Arrondissement: Saint-Amand-Montrond
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18320
Distance to Cours-les-Barres
from Bourges: 48 km
from Paris: 209 km
from Calais: 444 km
from Nice: 496 km
from Bordeaux: 370 km
from Strasbourg: 393 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cours-les-Barres): Fourchambault, Garchizy, Germigny-sur-Loire, Jouet-sur-l'Aubois, Le Chautay, Marzy, Pougues-les-Eaux and Torteron.
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 Cours-les-Barres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cours-les-Barres