Chalais travel guide
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Visit Chalais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chalais is situated in the Indre department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 49 km from Chateauroux, the department capital. (General information: Chalais is 272 km from Paris and 493 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe at 10 km from Chalais
Popular places to visit near Chalais: these include Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe at 10 km and Saint-Benoit-du-Sault at 18 km.
Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey is a listed 'heritage site' at 10km and Etangs de la Brenne is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chalais, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chalais
See France This Way travel guides for Indre and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chalais.
Note that all distances from Chalais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chalais holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chalais (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 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 Chalais and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin-arboretum de La Sédelle (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Benoit-du-Sault (18km) : Angles-sur-l'Anglin (30km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (26km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Montmorillon) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chateauroux (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey (10km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montmorillon (28km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chauvigny (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Chalais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chalais
Canton: Bélâbre
Arrondissement: Blanc
Department: Indre
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 36370
Distance to Chalais
from Chateauroux: 49 km
from Paris: 272 km
from Calais: 493 km
from Nice: 571 km
from Bordeaux: 234 km
from Strasbourg: 542 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chalais): Belabre.
Getting here
Indre is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into a Paris airport and drive from there or arrive in a cross-channel port with Le Havre and Caen about 3-4 hours distance in the car. For driving distances to Chalais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chalais