Parnay travel guide
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Visit Parnay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Parnay is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 30 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Parnay is 224 km from Paris and 459 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bourges at 29 km from Parnay
Popular places to visit near Parnay: these include Bourges at 29 km and Culan at 37 km.
Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km and Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. 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 Parnay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Parnay
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Parnay.
Note that all distances from Parnay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Parnay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Parnay (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 Parnay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (26km) : Les Prés Fichaux (29km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (36km) : Parc floral d'Apremont (37km) :
- National Monuments: Bourges Cathedral (29km) : Palace Jacques Coeur (29km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (4km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (13km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (14km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (23km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (29km) : Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (14km) : Issoudun (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (29km) : Nevers (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Mehun-sur-Yevre (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Parnay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Parnay
Canton: Dun-sur-Auron
Arrondissement: Saint-Amand-Montrond
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18130
Distance to Parnay
from Bourges: 30 km
from Paris: 224 km
from Calais: 459 km
from Nice: 507 km
from Bordeaux: 331 km
from Strasbourg: 433 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 Parnay): Bussy, Dun-sur-Auron, Le Pondy and Verneuil.
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 Parnay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Parnay