Vasselay travel guide
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Visit Vasselay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vasselay is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 8 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Vasselay is 189 km from Paris and 424 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bourges at 8 km from Vasselay
Popular places to visit near Vasselay: these include Bourges at 8 km and Mehun-sur-Yevre at 13 km.
Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Les Prés Fichaux is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Vasselay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vasselay
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vasselay.
Note that all distances from Vasselay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vasselay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vasselay (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 Vasselay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les Prés Fichaux (8km) :
- National Monuments: Palace Jacques Coeur (8km) : Bourges Cathedral (8km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (8km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (18km) : St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (20km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (27km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (39km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (43km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (46km) : Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Aubigny-sur-Nere (37km) : Issoudun (38km) : Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (44km) : Saint-Amand-Montrond (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (8km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Mehun-sur-Yevre (13km) : Sancerre (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Vasselay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vasselay
Canton: Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny
Arrondissement: Bourges
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18110
Distance to Vasselay
from Bourges: 8 km
from Paris: 189 km
from Calais: 424 km
from Nice: 541 km
from Bordeaux: 345 km
from Strasbourg: 430 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vasselay): Fussy, Pigny, Saint-Doulchard, Saint-Eloy-de-Gy, 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 Vasselay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vasselay