Ardentes travel guide
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Visit Ardentes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ardentes is situated in the Indre department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 12 km from Chateauroux, the department capital. (General information: Ardentes is 238 km from Paris and 468 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Argenton-sur-Creuse at 29 km from Ardentes
Popular places to visit near Ardentes: these include Argenton-sur-Creuse at 29 km and Gargilesse-Dampierre at 31 km.
Chateauroux is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 12km and Jardin du domaine de George Sand is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Ardentes: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Ardentes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ardentes
See France This Way travel guides for Indre and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ardentes.
Note that all distances from Ardentes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ardentes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ardentes (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 Ardentes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du domaine de George Sand (15km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (32km) : Jardin du château de Bouges (35km) : Jardin-arboretum de La Sédelle (42km) : Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (44km) :
- National Monuments: George Sand House (17km) : Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Benoit-du-Sault (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (35km) : Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (35km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (47km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chateauroux (12km) : Issoudun (26km) : Veuil (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Chatre (21km) :
Map of places to visit near Ardentes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ardentes
Canton: Ardentes
Arrondissement: Châteauroux
Department: Indre
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 36120
Distance to Ardentes
from Chateauroux: 12 km
from Paris: 238 km
from Calais: 468 km
from Nice: 544 km
from Bordeaux: 282 km
from Strasbourg: 488 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ardentes): Etrechet and Sassierges-Saint-Germain.
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 Ardentes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ardentes