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Visit Lapan: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lapan is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 20 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Lapan is 215 km from Paris and 449 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bourges at 19 km from Lapan
Popular places to visit near Lapan: these include Bourges at 19 km and Mehun-sur-Yevre at 25 km.
Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km and Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Lapan, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lapan
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lapan.
Note that all distances from Lapan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lapan holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lapan (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 Lapan and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les Prés Fichaux (19km) : Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (31km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (32km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (41km) : Jardin du château de Bouges (49km) :
- National Monuments: Palace Jacques Coeur (19km) : Bourges Cathedral (19km) : George Sand House (41km) : Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (16km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (19km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (21km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (21km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (23km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (27km) : St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (33km) : Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Issoudun (23km) : Saint-Amand-Montrond (27km) : Chateauroux (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (19km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Mehun-sur-Yevre (25km) : La Chatre (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Lapan & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lapan
Canton: Levet
Arrondissement: Bourges
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18340
Distance to Lapan
from Bourges: 20 km
from Paris: 215 km
from Calais: 449 km
from Nice: 528 km
from Bordeaux: 321 km
from Strasbourg: 447 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lapan): Arcay, Corquoy, Lunery, Saint-Caprais and Sainte-Lunaise.
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 Lapan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lapan