Culan travel guide
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Visit Culan: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Culan is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 60 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Culan is 257 km from Paris and 491 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Culan
Popular places to visit near Culan: these include Herisson at 28 km and Montlucon at 30 km.
Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Les jardins artistiques de Drulon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km. 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 Culan, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Culan
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Culan.
Note that all distances from Culan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Culan holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Culan (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 Culan and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (12km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (14km) : Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (16km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (31km) :
- National Monuments: George Sand House (30km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (10km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (26km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (26km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (23km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montlucon (30km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Chatre (28km) : Neris-les-Bains (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Culan & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Culan
Canton: Châteaumeillant
Arrondissement: Saint-Amand-Montrond
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18270
Distance to Culan
from Bourges: 60 km
from Paris: 257 km
from Calais: 491 km
from Nice: 499 km
from Bordeaux: 296 km
from Strasbourg: 464 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Culan): Reigny, Saint-Christophe-le-Chaudry, Saint-Maur and Sidiailles.
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 Culan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Culan