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Visit Marcais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Marcais is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 43 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Marcais is 240 km from Paris and 474 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Culan at 17 km from Marcais
Popular places to visit near Marcais: these include Culan at 17 km and Herisson at 34 km.
Les jardins artistiques de Drulon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km and Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km. 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 Marcais, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Marcais
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Marcais.
Note that all distances from Marcais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Marcais holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Marcais (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 Marcais and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (5km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (13km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (32km) : Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (33km) : Les Prés Fichaux (43km) :
- National Monuments: George Sand House (31km) : Palace Jacques Coeur (43km) : Bourges Cathedral (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (9km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (11km) : Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (15km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (35km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (38km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (11km) : Issoudun (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (43km) : Montlucon (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Chatre (32km) :
Map of places to visit near Marcais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Marçais
Canton: Saint-Amand-Montrond
Arrondissement: Saint-Amand-Montrond
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18170
Distance to Marcais
from Bourges: 43 km
from Paris: 240 km
from Calais: 474 km
from Nice: 508 km
from Bordeaux: 308 km
from Strasbourg: 454 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 Marcais): Arcomps, Ardenais, Loye-sur-Arnon, Morlac, Nozieres and Orcenais.
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 Marcais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Marcais