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Visit Blou: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Blou is situated in the Maine-et-Loire department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the western-centre of France at 40 km from Angers, the department capital. (General information: Blou is 243 km from Paris and 422 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau de Saumur at 12 km from Blou
Popular places to visit near Blou: these include Chateau de Saumur at 12 km and Saumur at 12 km.
Loire-Anjou-Touraine is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 15km and Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Blou, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Blou
See France This Way travel guides for Maine-et-Loire and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Blou.
Note that all distances from Blou shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Blou holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Blou (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 Maine-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 Blou and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Lathan (19km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (35km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (40km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (42km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau (42km) :
- National Monuments: Fontevraud Abbey (21km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (40km) : Chateau d'Angers (41km) : Oiron Chateau (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montsoreau (18km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (19km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (15km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (15km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (19km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (21km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Aubigne-sur-Layon (36km) : Angers (40km) : Thouars (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (28km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (27km) : La Fleche (37km) : Loudun (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Blou & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Blou
Canton: Longué-Jumelles
Arrondissement: Saumur
Department: Maine-et-Loire
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 49160
Distance to Blou
from Angers: 40 km
from Paris: 243 km
from Calais: 422 km
from Nice: 699 km
from Bordeaux: 284 km
from Strasbourg: 595 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Blou): Longue-Jumelles, Neuille, Saint-Philbert-du-Peuple and Vivy.
Getting here
Maine-et-Loire is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors arrive in a car from one of the ferry terminals - Saint Malo and Caen are most practical, allow around 3-4 hours for the journey. For driving distances to Blou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Blou