Mereau travel guide
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Visit Mereau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Mereau is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 28 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Mereau is 189 km from Paris and 421 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mehun-sur-Yevre at 13 km from Mereau
Popular places to visit near Mereau: these include Mehun-sur-Yevre at 13 km and Bourges at 28 km.
St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km and Mehun-sur-Yevre is a listed 'recommended detour' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Mereau: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Mereau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mereau
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Mereau.
Note that all distances from Mereau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mereau holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Mereau (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 Mereau and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les Prés Fichaux (28km) : Jardin du château de Bouges (32km) :
- National Monuments: Palace Jacques Coeur (28km) : Bourges Cathedral (28km) : Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (32km) :
- Religious monuments: St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (6km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (47km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Issoudun (24km) : Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (40km) : Veuil (40km) : Aubigny-sur-Nere (46km) : Chateauroux (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (28km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Mehun-sur-Yevre (13km) : Valencay (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Mereau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Méreau
Canton: Lury-sur-Arnon
Arrondissement: Vierzon
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18120
Distance to Mereau
from Bourges: 28 km
from Paris: 189 km
from Calais: 421 km
from Nice: 560 km
from Bordeaux: 329 km
from Strasbourg: 453 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 Mereau): Brinay, Cerbois, Chery, Lury-sur-Arnon, Massay and Saint-Hilaire-de-Court.
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 Mereau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mereau