Candes-Saint-Martin travel guide
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Visit Candes-Saint-Martin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Candes-Saint-Martin is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 50 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Candes-Saint-Martin is 249 km from Paris and 435 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Candes-Saint-Martin (page also includes a photo gallery for Candes-Saint-Martin)
Popular places to visit near Candes-Saint-Martin: these include Montsoreau at 1 km and Chateau de Saumur at 13 km.
Montsoreau is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 1km and Loire-Anjou-Touraine is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 4km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Candes-Saint-Martin: One of the 'most beautiful villages in France' (see also beautiful French villages);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Candes-Saint-Martin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Candes-Saint-Martin
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 Candes-Saint-Martin.
Note that all distances from Candes-Saint-Martin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Candes-Saint-Martin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Candes-Saint-Martin (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 Candes-Saint-Martin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (24km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (30km) : Parc de Lathan (30km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (36km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (48km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (49km) :
- National Monuments: Fontevraud Abbey (4km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (30km) : Oiron Chateau (31km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montsoreau (1km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (4km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (27km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (27km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (40km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (34km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (41km) : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (13km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (19km) : Loudun (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Candes-Saint-Martin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Candes-Saint-Martin
Canton: Chinon
Arrondissement: Chinon
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37500
Distance to Candes-Saint-Martin
from Tours: 50 km
from Paris: 249 km
from Calais: 435 km
from Nice: 683 km
from Bordeaux: 269 km
from Strasbourg: 592 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 Candes-Saint-Martin): Chouze-sur-Loire, Couziers, Fontevraud Abbey, Montsoreau, Parnay, Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne, Savigny-en-Veron, Thizay, Turquant and Varennes-sur-Loire.
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 Candes-Saint-Martin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Candes-Saint-Martin