Baillou travel guide
Visit Baillou: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Lavardin at 25 km from Baillou
Location: Baillou is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 55 km from Blois, the department capital. (General information: Baillou is 149 km from Paris and 339 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Baillou: these include Lavardin at 25 km and Vendome at 26 km. Cogners is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 18 km and Vendome is a listed town of art and history at 25 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Baillou, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Baillou
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 Baillou.
Note that all distances from Baillou shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Baillou holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Baillou
- Mondoubleau: market every Saturday & Monday all day (4km)
- Souday: market every Wednesday (8km)
- Saint-Calais: market every Thursday all day & Sunday (9km)
- Savigny-sur-Braye: market every Tuesday (10km)
- Vibraye: market every Friday (13km)
- Besse-sur-Braye: market every Saturday (17km)
- Droue: market every Tuesday (19km)
- La Bazoche-Gouet: market every Saturday (21km)
- Montoire-sur-le-Loir: market every Saturday (24km)
- Pezou: market every Thursday (25km)
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 Baillou and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Baillou map below.
Most Beautiful Village Lavardin (25km)
National Monument Chateaudun (39km)
Recommended Detour Chateaudun (39km); Nogent-le-Rotrou (39km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château de Poncé (27km); Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (29km); Le pré Catelan (48km)
Town Of Art And History Vendome (25km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Cogners (18km); Vendome (25km)
Map of places to visit near Baillou & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Baillou
Canton: Mondoubleau
Arrondissement: Vendôme
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 41170
Distance to Baillou
from Blois (local prefecture): 55 km
from Paris: 149 km
from Calais: 339 km
from Nice: 687 km
from Bordeaux: 365 km
from Strasbourg: 515 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Baillou): Berfay, Cormenon, Marolles-les-Saint-Calais, Mondoubleau, Rahay, Sarge-sur-Braye and Valennes.
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 Baillou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Baillou