Chambon travel guide
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Visit Chambon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chambon is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 62 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Chambon is 252 km from Paris and 463 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Angles-sur-l'Anglin at 17 km from Chambon
Popular places to visit near Chambon: these include Angles-sur-l'Anglin at 17 km and Chauvigny at 33 km.
Angles-sur-l'Anglin is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 17km and Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) is a listed 'religious monument' at 31km. 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 Chambon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chambon
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 Chambon.
Note that all distances from Chambon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chambon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chambon (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 Chambon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Angles-sur-l'Anglin (17km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (42km) : Montresor (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (46km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (46km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Montmorillon) (47km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Loches (33km) : Poitiers (46km) : Montmorillon (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chauvigny (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Chambon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chambon
Canton: Preuilly-sur-Claise
Arrondissement: Loches
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37290
Distance to Chambon
from Tours: 62 km
from Paris: 252 km
from Calais: 463 km
from Nice: 614 km
from Bordeaux: 247 km
from Strasbourg: 554 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chambon): Barrou, Boussay, Chaumussay, Coussay-les-Bois, La Guerche, Lesigny and Maire.
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 Chambon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chambon