Poilly-Lez-Gien travel guide

Poilly-Lez-Gien photo, taken in Briare France

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Visit Poilly-Lez-Gien: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Poilly-Lez-Gien is situated in the Loiret department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 58 km from Orleans, the department capital. (General information: Poilly-Lez-Gien is 132 km from Paris and 368 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Briare at 11 km from Poilly-Lez-Gien

Popular places to visit near Poilly-Lez-Gien: these include Briare at 11 km and Aubigny-sur-Nere at 24 km.

Briare is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 10km and Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière is a listed 'remarkable garden' 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 Poilly-Lez-Gien, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Poilly-Lez-Gien

photo of Briare
Briare 11km

See France This Way travel guides for Loiret and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Poilly-Lez-Gien.

Note that all distances from Poilly-Lez-Gien shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Poilly-Lez-Gien holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Poilly-Lez-Gien (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 Loiret 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 Poilly-Lez-Gien and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (16km) : Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau (41km) : Arboretum des grandes bruyères (45km) :
  2. Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Benoît sur Loire (Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey) (26km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Boiscommun) (43km) :
  3. Town / village in bloom 4*: Briare (10km) : Aubigny-sur-Nere (24km) : Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (38km) : Quiers-sur-Bezonde (38km) :
  4. Recommended Detour Town: Montargis (37km) : Sancerre (43km) :

Map of places to visit near Poilly-Lez-Gien & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Poilly-lez-Gien

Canton: Gien

Arrondissement: Montargis

Department: Loiret

Region: Loire Valley

Postcode: 45500

Distance to Poilly-Lez-Gien

from Orleans: 58 km

from Paris: 132 km

from Calais: 368 km

from Nice: 572 km

from Bordeaux: 399 km

from Strasbourg: 395 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 Poilly-Lez-Gien): Gien, Nevoy, Saint-Gondon and Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre.

Getting here

Loiret is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will either fly into one of the airports in Paris (Orly / Charles de Gaulle) or come via a ferry from the UK to a port such as Le Havre and Caen, 3-4 hours drive from here. For driving distances to Poilly-Lez-Gien from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Poilly-Lez-Gien