Meillant travel guide
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Visit Meillant: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Meillant is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 35 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Meillant is 231 km from Paris and 466 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Culan at 29 km from Meillant
Popular places to visit near Meillant: these include Culan at 29 km and Bourges at 34 km.
Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Saint-Amand-Montrond is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 6km. 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 Meillant, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Meillant
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Meillant.
Note that all distances from Meillant shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Meillant holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Meillant (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 Meillant and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (17km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (27km) : Les Prés Fichaux (34km) : Parc floral d'Apremont (43km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (45km) : Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (45km) :
- National Monuments: Bourges Cathedral (34km) : Palace Jacques Coeur (34km) : George Sand House (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (5km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (6km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (24km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (25km) : Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (30km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (6km) : Issoudun (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (34km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Mehun-sur-Yevre (46km) : La Chatre (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Meillant & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Meillant
Canton: Saint-Amand-Montrond
Arrondissement: Saint-Amand-Montrond
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18200
Distance to Meillant
from Bourges: 35 km
from Paris: 231 km
from Calais: 466 km
from Nice: 506 km
from Bordeaux: 323 km
from Strasbourg: 440 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Meillant): Arpheuilles, La Celle, Nozieres and Uzay-le-Venon.
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 Meillant from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Meillant