Vallenay travel guide
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Visit Vallenay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vallenay is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 34 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Vallenay is 230 km from Paris and 465 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Culan at 26 km from Vallenay
Popular places to visit near Vallenay: these include Culan at 26 km and Bourges at 33 km.
Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km and Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km. 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 Vallenay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vallenay
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vallenay.
Note that all distances from Vallenay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vallenay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vallenay (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 Vallenay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (15km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (20km) : Les Prés Fichaux (33km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (35km) : Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (43km) :
- National Monuments: Bourges Cathedral (33km) : Palace Jacques Coeur (33km) : George Sand House (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (6km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (6km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (8km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (19km) : Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (30km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (31km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (33km) : St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (12km) : Issoudun (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (33km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Chatre (37km) : Mehun-sur-Yevre (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Vallenay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vallenay
Canton: Châteauneuf-sur-Cher
Arrondissement: Saint-Amand-Montrond
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18190
Distance to Vallenay
from Bourges: 34 km
from Paris: 230 km
from Calais: 465 km
from Nice: 514 km
from Bordeaux: 315 km
from Strasbourg: 449 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 Vallenay): Bruere-Allichamps, Chambon, Crezancay-sur-Cher, Farges-Allichamps, La Celle, Nozieres, Saint-Loup-Des-Chaumes, Saint-Symphorien and Venesmes.
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 Vallenay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vallenay