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Visit Rians: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Rians is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 20 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Rians is 187 km from Paris and 422 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bourges at 20 km from Rians
Popular places to visit near Rians: these include Bourges at 20 km and Sancerre at 24 km.
Palace Jacques Coeur is a listed 'national monument' at 20km and Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) is a listed 'religious monument' at 20km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Rians, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Rians
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Rians.
Note that all distances from Rians shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rians holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Rians (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 Rians and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les Prés Fichaux (20km) : Parc floral d'Apremont (45km) : Forgeneuve (48km) :
- National Monuments: Palace Jacques Coeur (20km) : Bourges Cathedral (20km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (20km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (24km) : Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (31km) : Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (31km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (34km) : St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (37km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (43km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Aubigny-sur-Nere (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (20km) : Nevers (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sancerre (24km) : Mehun-sur-Yevre (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Rians & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rians
Canton: Aix-d'Angillon
Arrondissement: Bourges
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18220
Distance to Rians
from Bourges: 20 km
from Paris: 187 km
from Calais: 422 km
from Nice: 531 km
from Bordeaux: 359 km
from Strasbourg: 413 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 Rians): Aubinges, Les Aix-d'Angillon, Montigny, Parassy, Saint-Ceols and Sainte-Solange.
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 Rians from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rians