Sancerre travel guide
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Visit Sancerre: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sancerre is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 43 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Sancerre is 173 km from Paris and 409 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Sancerre
Popular places to visit near Sancerre: these include La Charite-sur-Loire at 22 km and Aubigny-sur-Nere at 35 km.
Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) is a listed 'religious monument' at 21km and Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) is a listed 'religious monument' at 22km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Sancerre: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*; 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Sancerre, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sancerre
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sancerre.
Note that all distances from Sancerre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sancerre holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sancerre (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 Sancerre and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les Prés Fichaux (43km) : Forgeneuve (45km) :
- National Monuments: Bourges Cathedral (43km) : Palace Jacques Coeur (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (21km) : Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (22km) : Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (22km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (41km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (47km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Aubigny-sur-Nere (35km) : Briare (37km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (43km) : Nevers (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Sancerre & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sancerre
Canton: Sancerre
Arrondissement: Bourges
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18300
Distance to Sancerre
from Bourges: 43 km
from Paris: 173 km
from Calais: 409 km
from Nice: 531 km
from Bordeaux: 382 km
from Strasbourg: 392 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sancerre): Bue, Menetreol-sous-Sancerre, Saint-Bouize, Saint-Satur, Sury-en-Vaux, Thauvenay, Tracy-sur-Loire, Verdigny and Vinon.
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 Sancerre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sancerre