Gien travel guide
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Visit Gien: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gien is situated in the Loiret department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 60 km from Orleans, the department capital. (General information: Gien is 132 km from Paris and 367 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Briare at 10 km from Gien
Popular places to visit near Gien: these include Briare at 10 km and Aubigny-sur-Nere at 26 km.
Briare is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 8km and Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Gien: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Gien, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gien
See France This Way travel guides for Loiret and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gien.
Note that all distances from Gien shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gien holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gien (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 Loiret 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 Gien and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (13km) : Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau (38km) : Arboretum des grandes bruyères (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Benoît sur Loire (Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey) (28km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Boiscommun) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Briare (8km) : Aubigny-sur-Nere (27km) : Quiers-sur-Bezonde (38km) : Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montargis (35km) : Sancerre (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Gien & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gien
Canton: Gien
Arrondissement: Montargis
Department: Loiret
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 45500
Distance to Gien
from Orleans: 60 km
from Paris: 132 km
from Calais: 367 km
from Nice: 571 km
from Bordeaux: 402 km
from Strasbourg: 392 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 Gien): Nevoy, Poilly-Lez-Gien, Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire and Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre.
Getting here
Loiret is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will either fly into one of the airports in Paris (Orly / Charles de Gaulle) or come via a ferry from the UK to a port such as Le Havre and Caen, 3-4 hours drive from here. For driving distances to Gien from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gien