Ardon travel guide
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Visit Ardon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ardon is situated in the Loiret department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 14 km from Orleans, the department capital. (General information: Ardon is 125 km from Paris and 353 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Orleans at 14 km from Ardon
Popular places to visit near Ardon: these include Orleans at 14 km and Beaugency at 18 km.
Parc Floral de la Source is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Saint-Cyr-en-Val is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Ardon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ardon
See France This Way travel guides for Loiret and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ardon.
Note that all distances from Ardon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ardon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ardon (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 Loiret 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 Ardon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc Floral de la Source (9km) : Les prés-Culand (14km) : Jardin du château de Talcy (32km) : Arboretum des grandes bruyères (35km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (45km) : Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (46km) :
- National Monuments: Talcy Chateau (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Benoît sur Loire (Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey) (32km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Boiscommun) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-en-Val (9km) : Olivet (10km) : Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (15km) : Fleury-les-Aubrais (17km) : Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (36km) : Quiers-sur-Bezonde (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orleans (14km) : Blois (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Beaugency (18km) :
Map of places to visit near Ardon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ardon
Canton: Ferté-Saint-Aubin
Arrondissement: Orléans
Department: Loiret
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 45160
Distance to Ardon
from Orleans: 14 km
from Paris: 125 km
from Calais: 353 km
from Nice: 617 km
from Bordeaux: 377 km
from Strasbourg: 445 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ardon): Jouy-le-Potier.
Getting here
Loiret is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will either fly into one of the airports in Paris (Orly / Charles de Gaulle) or come via a ferry from the UK to a port such as Le Havre and Caen, 3-4 hours drive from here. For driving distances to Ardon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ardon