Saint-Maur travel guide
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Visit Saint-Maur: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Maur is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 57 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Maur is 253 km from Paris and 487 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Culan at 5 km from Saint-Maur
Popular places to visit near Saint-Maur: these include Culan at 5 km and Herisson at 33 km.
Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km. 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-Maur, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Maur
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-Maur.
Note that all distances from Saint-Maur shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Maur holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Maur (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 Saint-Maur and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (9km) : Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (11km) : Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (20km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (27km) :
- National Monuments: George Sand House (25km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (5km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (22km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (22km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (24km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (48km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (23km) : Issoudun (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montlucon (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Chatre (24km) : Neris-les-Bains (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Maur & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Maur
Canton: Châteaumeillant
Arrondissement: Saint-Amand-Montrond
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18270
Distance to Saint-Maur
from Bourges: 57 km
from Paris: 253 km
from Calais: 487 km
from Nice: 504 km
from Bordeaux: 295 km
from Strasbourg: 465 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Maur): Culan, Reigny, Saint-Christophe-le-Chaudry and Saint-Jeanvrin.
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-Maur from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Maur