I am visiting Bourges next week(central France)any suggestions on places to visit or things to do in the area?

Question

We are taking bikes and caravan........any ideas on where to stay (camp sites) would be good.....+ we a have a 17yr old daughter with us so any ideas for younsters would also be appreciated!! We enjoy history,architecture,walking and eating out!!

Answer 1

There is quite a lot of architecture and monuments to visit in Bourges :

- Saint-Étienne Cathedral belongs to Unesco world patrimony.

- Jacques Cœur´s Palace (a rich merchant of the XVe century)

- Archibishop´s Palace (XVIIe century) - former town hall and its French Gardens (assumed to be from LeNotre)

- ruins of Romans fortifications.

- different marsh areas close from Bourges : (marais de l'Yèvre et de la Voiselle)

- Auron and Berry canals

then out of Bourges :

- Westwards : Sologne area and Loire Castles.

Sologne is said to be land of mysteries, water and wood (combination of marshes and forests), with a lot of small villages with red-bricks houses, old Middle-Age houses, manors and castles (400 castles in Sologne), ponds and woods with ducks, rabbits, stags, foxes, etc.

Loire Castles : Chambord, Chenonceaux Castles are around 80 kms from Bourges close to Blois (also a nice small town to visit)

Northward : Orleans and Loire River.

Eastwards : Nevers with its old town (Duke Palace, Saint-Cyr et Sainte-Julitte Cathedral, Formula 1 Magny Cours Circuit)

Southwards : Central Massif with old and extinguised volcanos (Puy de Dome close from Clermont-Ferrand for instance), 120 kms from Bourges with motorway)