Chambord travel guide
Visit Chambord: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chambord is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 14 km from Blois, the department capital. (General information: Chambord is 151 km from Paris and 372 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Chambord: these include Chateau de Chambord at 0 km and Chateau de Cheverny at 14 km. Parc du château de Beauregard is a listed remarkable garden at 13 km and Blois is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 14 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 Chambord, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chambord
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 Chambord.
Note that all distances from Chambord shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chambord 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 Chambord
- Huisseau-sur-Cosson: market every Wednesday (5km)
- Montlivault: market every Tuesday (6km)
- Bracieux: market every Thursday (7km)
- Saint-Claude-de-Diray: market every Tuesday & Friday (8km)
- Mer: market every Monday (12km)
- Saint-Gervais-la-Foret: market every Friday (13km)
- Saint-Laurent-Nouan: market every Friday (14km)
- Cellettes: market every Thursday (14km)
- Blois: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (14km)
- Cormeray: market every Tuesday (16km)
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 Chambord and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Chambord map below.
National Monument Talcy Chateau (18km); Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (23km)
Recommended Detour Beaugency (20km)
Remarkable Garden Parc du château de Beauregard (13km); Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (14km); Jardin du château de Talcy (18km); Les prés-Culand (28km); Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (29km); Parc Floral de la Source (41km); Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (47km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Blois (14km)
Town Of Art And History Blois (15km); Vendome (40km); Orleans (43km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Blois (14km); Vendome (40km); Olivet (40km); Saint-Cyr-en-Val (42km); Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (43km); Fleury-les-Aubrais (46km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Réserve de Beaumarchais (41km)
Map of places to visit near Chambord & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chambord
Canton: Bracieux
Arrondissement: Blois
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 41250
Distance to Chambord
from Blois (local prefecture): 14 km
from Paris: 151 km
from Calais: 372 km
from Nice: 623 km
from Bordeaux: 348 km
from Strasbourg: 475 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chambord): Chateau de Chambord, Huisseau-sur-Cosson, Maslives, Mont-Pres-Chambord, Montlivault, Saint-Dye-sur-Loire, Suevres and Thoury.
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 Chambord from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chambord