Blois travel guide
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Visit Blois: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Blois is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Loir-et-Cher department. (General information: Blois is 160 km from Paris and 375 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Blois
Popular places to visit near Blois: these include Chateau de Blois at 1 km and Blois at 1 km.
Blois is a listed 'town of art and history' at 1km and Parc du château de Beauregard 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 Blois: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*; Blois has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Blois, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Blois
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 Blois.
Note that all distances from Blois shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Blois holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Blois (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 Blois and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Beauregard (7km) : Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (17km) : Jardin du château de Talcy (22km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (33km) : Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (35km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (38km) : Les prés-Culand (38km) :
- National Monuments: Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (16km) : Talcy Chateau (22km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (37km) : Montresor (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Blois (1km) : Vendome (31km) : Amboise (32km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Beaugency (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Blois & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Blois
Canton: Blois
Arrondissement: Blois
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 41000
Distance to Blois
from Blois: 0 km
from Paris: 160 km
from Calais: 375 km
from Nice: 632 km
from Bordeaux: 339 km
from Strasbourg: 489 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Blois): Chailles, Chateau de Blois, Fosse, La Chaussee-Saint-Victor, Menars, Saint-Denis-sur-Loire, Saint-Gervais-la-Foret, Villebarou and Vineuil.
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 Blois from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Blois