Saint-Palais travel guide
Book Hotels
Reserve online, pay at the hotel
'Best price guaranteed' by booking.com
See also: France car hire
Visit Saint-Palais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Palais is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 16 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Palais is 181 km from Paris and 415 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bourges at 17 km from Saint-Palais
Popular places to visit near Saint-Palais: these include Bourges at 17 km and Mehun-sur-Yevre at 18 km.
Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km and Palace Jacques Coeur is a listed 'national monument' at 17km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Hover your mouse over photos of Saint-Palais for navigation buttons
Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Palais, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Palais
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-Palais.
Note that all distances from Saint-Palais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Palais holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Palais (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-Palais and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les Prés Fichaux (17km) :
- National Monuments: Palace Jacques Coeur (17km) : Bourges Cathedral (17km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (17km) : St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (26km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (32km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (44km) : Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (46km) : Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Aubigny-sur-Nere (28km) : Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (37km) : Issoudun (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (17km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Mehun-sur-Yevre (18km) : Sancerre (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Palais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Palais
Canton: Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny
Arrondissement: Bourges
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18110
Distance to Saint-Palais
from Bourges: 16 km
from Paris: 181 km
from Calais: 415 km
from Nice: 545 km
from Bordeaux: 353 km
from Strasbourg: 425 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 Saint-Palais): Acheres, Menetou-Salon, Quantilly, Saint-Georges-sur-Moulon, Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny and Vignoux-sous-les-Aix.
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-Palais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Palais