Blere travel guide
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Visit Blere: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Blere is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 24 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Blere is 198 km from Paris and 408 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau de Chenonceau at 6 km from Blere
Popular places to visit near Blere: these include Chateau de Chenonceau at 6 km and Chateau d'Amboise at 9 km.
Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km and Amboise is a listed 'town of art and history' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Blere: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Blere, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Blere
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 Blere.
Note that all distances from Blere shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Blere holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Blere (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 Blere and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (6km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (17km) : Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (22km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (24km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (26km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (36km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (38km) : Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (39km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (40km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (44km) :
- National Monuments: Cloisters of la Psalette (24km) : Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (30km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montresor (25km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (43km) : Lavardin (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (26km) : Veuil (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Amboise (10km) : Loches (24km) : Tours (24km) : Blois (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Valencay (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Blere & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bléré
Canton: Bléré
Arrondissement: Tours
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37150
Distance to Blere
from Tours: 24 km
from Paris: 198 km
from Calais: 408 km
from Nice: 633 km
from Bordeaux: 302 km
from Strasbourg: 522 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Blere): Athee-sur-Cher, Chateau de Chenonceau, Chenonceaux, Civray-de-Touraine, Dierre and La Croix-en-Touraine.
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 Blere from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Blere