Avaray travel guide
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Visit Avaray: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Avaray is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 23 km from Blois, the department capital. (General information: Avaray is 139 km from Paris and 359 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Beaugency at 8 km from Avaray
Popular places to visit near Avaray: these include Beaugency at 8 km and Chateau de Chambord at 13 km.
Beaugency is a listed 'recommended detour' at 8km and Jardin du château de Talcy is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km. 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 Avaray, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Avaray
See France This Way travel guides for Loir-et-Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Avaray.
Note that all distances from Avaray shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Avaray holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Avaray (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 Loir-et-Cher 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 Avaray and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Talcy (10km) : Les prés-Culand (16km) : Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (23km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (24km) : Parc Floral de la Source (31km) : Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (39km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (47km) :
- National Monuments: Talcy Chateau (10km) : Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Olivet (30km) : Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (32km) : Saint-Cyr-en-Val (33km) : Fleury-les-Aubrais (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Blois (23km) : Orleans (33km) : Vendome (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Beaugency (8km) : Chateaudun (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Avaray & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Avaray
Canton: Mer
Arrondissement: Blois
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 41500
Distance to Avaray
from Blois: 23 km
from Paris: 139 km
from Calais: 359 km
from Nice: 629 km
from Bordeaux: 360 km
from Strasbourg: 469 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Avaray): Courbouzon, Lestiou, Mer, Muides-sur-Loire, Saint-Laurent-Nouan, Seris and Tavers.
Getting here
Loir-et-Cher is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will either fly into one of the airports in Paris or arrive from a ferry port such as caen or Le Havre, approx. 3-4 hours drive. For driving distances to Avaray from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Avaray