Gracay travel guide
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Visit Gracay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gracay is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 42 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Gracay is 194 km from Paris and 423 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Valencay at 21 km from Gracay
Popular places to visit near Gracay: these include Valencay at 21 km and Chateau de Valencay at 21 km.
Jardin du château de Bouges is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 17km and Bouges-le-Chateau Castle is a listed 'national 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 Gracay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gracay
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gracay.
Note that all distances from Gracay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gracay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gracay (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 Gracay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Bouges (17km) : Les Prés Fichaux (42km) :
- National Monuments: Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (17km) : Bourges Cathedral (42km) : Palace Jacques Coeur (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montresor (49km) :
- Religious monuments: St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (22km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Issoudun (24km) : Veuil (24km) : Chateauroux (39km) : Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Valencay (21km) : Mehun-sur-Yevre (28km) :
Map of places to visit near Gracay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Graçay
Canton: Graçay
Arrondissement: Vierzon
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18310
Distance to Gracay
from Bourges: 42 km
from Paris: 194 km
from Calais: 423 km
from Nice: 570 km
from Bordeaux: 317 km
from Strasbourg: 468 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gracay): Anjouin, Genouilly, Nohant-en-Gracay, Orville, Reboursin and Saint-Outrille.
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 Gracay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gracay