Bourgueil travel guide
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Visit Bourgueil: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bourgueil is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 41 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Bourgueil is 239 km from Paris and 426 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Candes-Saint-Martin at 10 km from Bourgueil
Popular places to visit near Bourgueil: these include Candes-Saint-Martin at 10 km and Chinon at 11 km.
Loire-Anjou-Touraine is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 9km and Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Bourgueil: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Bourgueil, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bourgueil
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 Bourgueil.
Note that all distances from Bourgueil shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bourgueil holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bourgueil (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 Bourgueil and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Lathan (22km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (23km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau (25km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (27km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (39km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (41km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (41km) :
- National Monuments: Fontevraud Abbey (14km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (22km) : Cloisters of la Psalette (41km) : Oiron Chateau (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Candes-Saint-Martin (10km) : Montsoreau (11km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (10km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (14km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (31km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (31km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (40km) : Thouars (44km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (11km) : Tours (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (29km) : Loudun (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Bourgueil & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bourgueil
Canton: Bourgueil
Arrondissement: Chinon
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37140
Distance to Bourgueil
from Tours: 41 km
from Paris: 239 km
from Calais: 426 km
from Nice: 681 km
from Bordeaux: 277 km
from Strasbourg: 583 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bourgueil): Benais, Chouze-sur-Loire, La Chapelle-sur-Loire, Restigne and Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil.
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 Bourgueil from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bourgueil