Vijon travel guide
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Visit Vijon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vijon is situated in the Indre department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 53 km from Chateauroux, the department capital. (General information: Vijon is 270 km from Paris and 503 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Culan at 22 km from Vijon
Popular places to visit near Vijon: these include Culan at 22 km and Montlucon at 38 km.
Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 17km and Pierres Jaumetres is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 18km. 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 Vijon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vijon
See France This Way travel guides for Indre and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vijon.
Note that all distances from Vijon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vijon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vijon (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 Indre 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 Vijon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (17km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (25km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (26km) : Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (32km) : Jardin-arboretum de La Sédelle (38km) :
- National Monuments: George Sand House (24km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (41km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (44km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montlucon (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Chatre (20km) : Neris-les-Bains (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Vijon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vijon
Canton: Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre
Arrondissement: Châtre
Department: Indre
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 36160
Distance to Vijon
from Chateauroux: 53 km
from Paris: 270 km
from Calais: 503 km
from Nice: 505 km
from Bordeaux: 274 km
from Strasbourg: 486 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vijon): Bussiere-Saint-Georges, Nouzerines, Perassay, Saint-Priest-la-Marche, Sazeray, Tercillat and Vigoulant.
Getting here
Indre is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into a Paris airport and drive from there or arrive in a cross-channel port with Le Havre and Caen about 3-4 hours distance in the car. For driving distances to Vijon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vijon