Gournay tourism and travel guide
Visit Gournay: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsGournay is situated in the Indre department and Loire Valley region (now part of the Centre-Loire Valley region), in the eastern-center of France at 25 kilometres from Chateauroux, the department capital (general information: Gournay is 257 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Gargilesse-Dampierre at 13 km and Argenton-sur-Creuse at 16 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Gournay, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Gournay in Centre-Loire Valley.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Indre
Map of places to visit near Gournay
Markets in and near Gournay
- Argenton-sur-Creuse: market Saturday (16km)
- Saint-Gaultier: market Friday (24km)
- Chateauroux: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday all day & Friday (25km)
- Villedieu-sur-Indre: market Wednesday (33km)
- Chateaumeillant: market Friday (36km)
- Lignieres: market Monday (39km)
- Buzancais: market Friday (42km)
- Levroux: market Monday (45km)
- Issoudun: market Saturday all day (45km)
- Boussac: market Thursday (45km)
More information about Gournay, Loire Valley
Tourist attractions near Gournay, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Gournay.
Heritage sites
- Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre collegiale St Etienne (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (6km)
- Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey (40km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Saint-Benoit-du-Sault (31km)
National Monuments
- George Sand House (19km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- La Chatre (20km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Brenne (40km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (38km)
- Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (48km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardin du domaine de George Sand (19km)
- Jardin-arboretum de La Sédelle (23km)
- Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (38km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Etangs de la Brenne (40km)
- Pierres Jaumetres (50km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Eguzon-Chantome (19km)
- La Souterraine (43km)
- Gouzon (58km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Chateauroux (25km)
- Issoudun (45km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Gournay
Canton: Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre
Arrondissement: Châtre
Department: Indre
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 36230
Distance to Gournay
from Chateauroux (prefecture): 25 km
from Paris: 257 km
from Calais: 486 km
from Nice: 539 km
from Bordeaux: 264 km
from Strasbourg: 503 km
Getting here
Gournay 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 Gournay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Bouesse, Buxieres-d'Aillac, Cluis, Maillet, Mouhers and Neuvy-Saint-Sepulchre.
This page in French: Visiter Gournay
