Montlouis travel guide
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Visit Montlouis: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montlouis is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 33 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Montlouis is 227 km from Paris and 461 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Culan at 31 km from Montlouis
Popular places to visit near Montlouis: these include Culan at 31 km and Bourges at 32 km.
Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km and Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. 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 Montlouis, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to MontlouisSee France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Montlouis.
Note that all distances from Montlouis shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montlouis holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montlouis (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 Montlouis and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (19km) : Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (21km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (29km) : Les Prés Fichaux (32km) : Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (47km) :
- National Monuments: George Sand House (29km) : Palace Jacques Coeur (32km) : Bourges Cathedral (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (6km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (16km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (18km) : Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (26km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (26km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (32km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (38km) : St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (23km) : Issoudun (24km) : Chateauroux (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (32km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Chatre (32km) : Mehun-sur-Yevre (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Montlouis & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montlouis
Canton: Lignières
Arrondissement: Saint-Amand-Montrond
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18160
Distance to Montlouis
from Bourges: 33 km
from Paris: 227 km
from Calais: 461 km
from Nice: 524 km
from Bordeaux: 310 km
from Strasbourg: 457 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Montlouis): Chateauneuf-sur-Cher, Ineuil, La Celle-Conde, Saint-Baudel, Saint-Symphorien, Venesmes and Villecelin.
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 Montlouis from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montlouis

