Braslou travel guide
Book Hotels
Reserve online, pay at the hotel
'Best price guaranteed' by booking.com
See also: France car hire
Visit Braslou: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Braslou is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 49 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Braslou is 253 km from Paris and 452 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau du Rivau at 12 km from Braslou
Popular places to visit near Braslou: these include Chateau du Rivau at 12 km and Crissay-sur-Manse at 18 km.
Les jardins du château du Rivau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Crissay-sur-Manse is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Hover your mouse over photos of Braslou for navigation buttons
Selected places to visit and attractions near Braslou, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Braslou
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 Braslou.
Note that all distances from Braslou shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Braslou holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Braslou (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 Braslou and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (10km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (30km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (39km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (48km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (48km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (49km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (29km) : Fontevraud Abbey (33km) : Oiron Chateau (36km) : Cloisters of la Psalette (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (18km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (34km) : Montsoreau (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (33km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (34km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (42km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (45km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (46km) : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (24km) : Loches (47km) : Poitiers (47km) : Tours (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (23km) : Montreuil-Bellay (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Braslou & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Braslou
Canton: Richelieu
Arrondissement: Chinon
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37120
Distance to Braslou
from Tours: 49 km
from Paris: 253 km
from Calais: 452 km
from Nice: 650 km
from Bordeaux: 252 km
from Strasbourg: 577 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Braslou): Braye-sous-Faye, Chaveignes, Courcoue, Faye-la-Vineuse, Jaulnay, La Tour-Saint-Gelin, Luze, Razines, Richelieu and Verneuil-le-Chateau.
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 Braslou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Braslou