Bourre travel guide
Visit Bourre: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau de Chenonceau at 12 km from Bourre
Location: Bourre is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 29 km from Blois, the department capital. (General information: Bourre is 187 km from Paris and 403 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Bourre: these include Chateau de Chenonceau at 12 km and Chateau d'Amboise at 20 km. Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau is a listed remarkable garden at 12 km and Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau is a listed national monument at 14 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Bourre, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bourre
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 Bourre.
Note that all distances from Bourre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bourre holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Bourre
- Montrichard: market every Friday (3km)
- Monthou-sur-Cher: market every Wednesday (5km)
- Pontlevoy: market every Thursday (5km)
- Saint-Aignan: market every Saturday all day (14km)
- Noyers-sur-Cher: market every Sunday (15km)
- Contres: market every Friday (17km)
- Les Montils: market every Saturday (17km)
- Blere: market every Tuesday (18km)
- Amboise: market every Sunday & Friday (20km)
- Cormeray: market every Tuesday (21km)
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 Bourre and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Bourre map below.
Aquarium Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (24km)
Most Beautiful Village Montresor (21km)
National Monument Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (14km); Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (48km)
Recommended Detour Loches (31km); Valencay (33km)
Remarkable Garden Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (12km); Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (15km); Parc du château de Beauregard (24km); Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (29km); Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (29km); Jardin du château de Bouges (48km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Amboise (20km); Blois (28km); Loches (30km)
Town Of Art And History Amboise (20km); Blois (28km); Loches (31km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Blois (28km); Veuil (34km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park ZooParc de Beauval (15km); Réserve de Beaumarchais (27km)
Map of places to visit near Bourre & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bourré
Canton: Montrichard
Arrondissement: Blois
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 41400
Distance to Bourre
from Blois (local prefecture): 29 km
from Paris: 187 km
from Calais: 403 km
from Nice: 621 km
from Bordeaux: 312 km
from Strasbourg: 505 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bourre): Ange, Faverolles-sur-Cher, Monthou-sur-Cher, Montrichard, Pontlevoy, Pouille, Saint-Julien-de-Chedon and Thenay.
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 Bourre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bourre