Gien-sur-Cure travel guide
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Visit Gien-sur-Cure: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gien-sur-Cure is situated in the Nievre department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 73 km from Nevers, the department capital. (General information: Gien-sur-Cure is 231 km from Paris and 454 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Morvan Regional Park at 19 km from Gien-sur-Cure
Popular places to visit near Gien-sur-Cure: these include Morvan Regional Park at 19 km and Saulieu at 19 km.
Jardin de la Chaux is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Morvan is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 15km. 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 Gien-sur-Cure, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gien-sur-Cure
See France This Way travel guides for Nievre and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gien-sur-Cure.
Note that all distances from Gien-sur-Cure shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gien-sur-Cure holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gien-sur-Cure (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 Nievre 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-sur-Cure and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la Chaux (9km) : Parc de Saint-Léger (16km) : Parc et jardins du château de Sully (32km) : Jardin du château de Limanton (32km) : Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (35km) : Abbaye de la Bussière (48km) : Jardin du moulin de Athie (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Chateauneuf-en-Auxois (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (19km) : Cathédrale Saint Lazare (Autun) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (28km) : Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (45km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Autun (26km) :
- Grand Site of France: Bibracte-Mont Beuvray (24km) :
Map of places to visit near Gien-sur-Cure & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gien-sur-Cure
Canton: Montsauche-les-Settons
Arrondissement: Château-Chinon(Ville)
Department: Nievre
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 58230
Distance to Gien-sur-Cure
from Nevers: 73 km
from Paris: 231 km
from Calais: 454 km
from Nice: 455 km
from Bordeaux: 442 km
from Strasbourg: 316 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gien-sur-Cure): Cussy-en-Morvan, Menessaire and Moux-en-Morvan.
Getting here
Nievre is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port, operhaps Calais or Dunkirk at about 5 - 6 hours. For driving distances to Gien-sur-Cure from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gien-sur-Cure