Bracieux travel guide
Visit Bracieux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau de Chambord at 7 km from Bracieux
Location: Bracieux is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 17 km from Blois, the department capital. (General information: Bracieux is 157 km from Paris and 379 km from the port at Calais).
Market days in Bracieux: weekly market: Thursday; (markets take place in the morning unless indicated)
Popular places to visit near Bracieux: these include Chateau de Chambord at 7 km and Chateau de Cheverny at 8 km. Parc du château de Beauregard is a listed remarkable garden at 12 km and Blois is a listed town of art and history at 16 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 Bracieux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bracieux
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 Bracieux.
Note that all distances from Bracieux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bracieux 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 Bracieux
- Bracieux: market every Thursday (0km)
- Huisseau-sur-Cosson: market every Wednesday (8km)
- Saint-Claude-de-Diray: market every Tuesday & Friday (12km)
- Cellettes: market every Thursday (12km)
- Cormeray: market every Tuesday (12km)
- Montlivault: market every Tuesday (12km)
- Saint-Gervais-la-Foret: market every Friday (13km)
- Blois: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (16km)
- Contres: market every Friday (17km)
- Chailles: market every Saturday (18km)
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 Bracieux and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Bracieux map below.
National Monument Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (19km); Talcy Chateau (25km)
Recommended Detour Beaugency (26km)
Remarkable Garden Parc du château de Beauregard (12km); Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (17km); Jardin du château de Talcy (25km); Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (28km); Les prés-Culand (33km); Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (43km); Parc Floral de la Source (44km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Blois (16km)
Town Of Art And History Blois (16km); Vendome (45km); Orleans (48km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Blois (16km); Olivet (44km); Saint-Cyr-en-Val (45km); Vendome (45km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park ZooParc de Beauval (36km)
Map of places to visit near Bracieux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bracieux
Canton: Bracieux
Arrondissement: Blois
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 41250
Distance to Bracieux
from Blois (local prefecture): 17 km
from Paris: 157 km
from Calais: 379 km
from Nice: 617 km
from Bordeaux: 343 km
from Strasbourg: 475 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bracieux): Bauzy, Chateau de Cheverny, Fontaines-en-Sologne, Mont-Pres-Chambord, Neuvy and Tour-en-Sologne.
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 Bracieux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bracieux