Azay-le-Rideau travel guide
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Visit Azay-le-Rideau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Azay-le-Rideau is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 22 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Azay-le-Rideau is 226 km from Paris and 422 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Azay-le-Rideau: these include Chateau de Villandry at 9 km and Crissay-sur-Manse at 12 km.
Les jardins du château de Villandry is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Crissay-sur-Manse is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Azay-le-Rideau: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Azay-le-Rideau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Azay-le-Rideau
See France This Way travel guides for Indre-et-Loire and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Azay-le-Rideau.
Note that all distances from Azay-le-Rideau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Azay-le-Rideau holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Azay-le-Rideau (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-et-Loire 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 Azay-le-Rideau and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château de Villandry (10km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (21km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (22km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau (22km) : Parc de Lathan (33km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (37km) : Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (46km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (49km) :
- National Monuments: Cloisters of la Psalette (22km) : Fontevraud Abbey (32km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (12km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (30km) : Montsoreau (31km) :
- Religious monuments: Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (30km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (22km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (19km) : Tours (22km) : Amboise (43km) : Loches (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (40km) : Montreuil-Bellay (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Azay-le-Rideau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Azay-le-Rideau
Canton: Azay-le-Rideau
Arrondissement: Chinon
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37190
Distance to Azay-le-Rideau
from Tours: 22 km
from Paris: 226 km
from Calais: 422 km
from Nice: 661 km
from Bordeaux: 281 km
from Strasbourg: 562 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Azay-le-Rideau): Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau, Cheille, Druye, Lignieres-de-Touraine, Sache, Valleres and Villaines-les-Rochers.
Getting here
Indre-et-Loire is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors arrive in one of the cross-channel ports such as Caen and Le Havre (about 3-4 hours drive from here) or fly into Paris and drive south from there. For driving distances to Azay-le-Rideau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Azay-le-Rideau