Ballan-Mire travel guide
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Visit Ballan-Mire: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ballan-Mire is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 8 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Ballan-Mire is 212 km from Paris and 411 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau de Villandry at 8 km from Ballan-Mire
Popular places to visit near Ballan-Mire: these include Chateau de Villandry at 8 km and Tours at 8 km.
Les jardins du château de Villandry is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km and Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Ballan-Mire: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Ballan-Mire, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ballan-Mire
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 Ballan-Mire.
Note that all distances from Ballan-Mire shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ballan-Mire holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ballan-Mire (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 Ballan-Mire and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château de Villandry (7km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (7km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (8km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (14km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (23km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau (35km) : Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (35km) : Parc de Lathan (37km) : Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (45km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (47km) :
- National Monuments: Cloisters of la Psalette (8km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (14km) : Fontevraud Abbey (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (23km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (43km) : Montsoreau (44km) : Montresor (49km) : Lavardin (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (43km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (8km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Tours (8km) : Amboise (29km) : Chinon (33km) : Loches (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Ballan-Mire & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ballan-Miré
Canton: Ballan-Miré
Arrondissement: Tours
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37510
Distance to Ballan-Mire
from Tours: 8 km
from Paris: 212 km
from Calais: 411 km
from Nice: 657 km
from Bordeaux: 293 km
from Strasbourg: 549 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 Ballan-Mire): Druye, Joue-les-Tours, La Riche, Luynes, Saint-Genouph, Savonnieres and Tours.
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 Ballan-Mire from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ballan-Mire