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Saint-Germain-Des-Bois travel guide

Visit Saint-Germain-Des-Bois: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Saint-Germain-Des-Bois is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 20 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Germain-Des-Bois is 216 km from Paris and 451 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Bourges at 19 km from Saint-Germain-Des-Bois

Popular places to visit near Saint-Germain-Des-Bois: these include Bourges at 19 km and Mehun-sur-Yevre at 31 km.

Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. 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 Saint-Germain-Des-Bois, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Germain-Des-Bois

See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Germain-Des-Bois.

Note that all distances from Saint-Germain-Des-Bois shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

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 Saint-Germain-Des-Bois and wondering what to do next!

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Les Prés Fichaux (19km) : Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (29km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (35km) : Parc floral d'Apremont (46km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (48km) :
2. National Monuments: Bourges Cathedral (19km) : Palace Jacques Coeur (19km) : George Sand House (48km) :
3. Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (48km) :
4. Religious monuments: Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (10km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (16km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (17km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (19km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (22km) : St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (38km) : Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (39km) :
5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (21km) : Issoudun (34km) :
6. Towns of Art and History: Bourges (19km) :
7. Recommended Detour Town: Mehun-sur-Yevre (31km) :

Map of places to visit near Saint-Germain-Des-Bois & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Saint-Germain-des-Bois

Canton: Dun-sur-Auron

Arrondissement: Saint-Amand-Montrond

Department: Cher

Region: Loire Valley

Postcode: 18340

Distance to Saint-Germain-Des-Bois

from Bourges: 20 km

from Paris: 216 km

from Calais: 451 km

from Nice: 519 km

from Bordeaux: 328 km

from Strasbourg: 438 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Germain-Des-Bois): Contres, Levet, Sennecay, Serruelles and Vorly.

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 Saint-Germain-Des-Bois from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Saint-Germain-Des-Bois