Gardefort travel guide
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Visit Gardefort: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gardefort is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 38 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Gardefort is 180 km from Paris and 415 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sancerre at 7 km from Gardefort
Popular places to visit near Gardefort: these include Sancerre at 7 km and La Charite-sur-Loire at 18 km.
Sancerre is a listed 'recommended detour' at 7km and Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km. 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 Gardefort, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gardefort
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gardefort.
Note that all distances from Gardefort shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gardefort holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gardefort (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 Gardefort and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les Prés Fichaux (39km) : Forgeneuve (40km) : Parc floral d'Apremont (44km) :
- National Monuments: Palace Jacques Coeur (39km) : Bourges Cathedral (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (17km) : Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (18km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (24km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (34km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (42km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Aubigny-sur-Nere (38km) : Briare (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Nevers (39km) : Bourges (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sancerre (7km) : Mehun-sur-Yevre (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Gardefort & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gardefort
Canton: Sancerre
Arrondissement: Bourges
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18300
Distance to Gardefort
from Bourges: 38 km
from Paris: 180 km
from Calais: 415 km
from Nice: 526 km
from Bordeaux: 377 km
from Strasbourg: 394 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 Gardefort): Bue, Feux, Jalognes, Menetreol-sous-Sancerre, Saint-Bouize, Thauvenay, Veaugues and Vinon.
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 Gardefort from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gardefort