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Visit Jars: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Jars is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 40 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Jars is 164 km from Paris and 400 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sancerre at 14 km from Jars
Popular places to visit near Jars: these include Sancerre at 14 km and Aubigny-sur-Nere at 21 km.
Sancerre is a listed 'recommended detour' at 14km and Aubigny-sur-Nere is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 21km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Jars: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Jars, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Jars
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Jars.
Note that all distances from Jars shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Jars holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Jars (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 Jars and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les Prés Fichaux (41km) : Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (43km) :
- National Monuments: Palace Jacques Coeur (41km) : Bourges Cathedral (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (32km) : Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (35km) : Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (35km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (41km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (47km) : St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Aubigny-sur-Nere (21km) : Briare (29km) : Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sancerre (14km) : Mehun-sur-Yevre (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Jars & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Jars
Canton: Vailly-sur-Sauldre
Arrondissement: Bourges
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18260
Distance to Jars
from Bourges: 40 km
from Paris: 164 km
from Calais: 400 km
from Nice: 544 km
from Bordeaux: 379 km
from Strasbourg: 399 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 Jars): Assigny, Le Noyer, Menetou-Ratel, Subligny, Thou and Villegenon.
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 Jars from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Jars