Chaon travel guide
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Visit Chaon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chaon is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 63 km from Blois, the department capital. (General information: Chaon is 139 km from Paris and 372 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Aubigny-sur-Nere at 24 km from Chaon
Popular places to visit near Chaon: these include Aubigny-sur-Nere at 24 km and Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey at 25 km.
Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 11km and Abbaye de Saint Benoît sur Loire (Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey) is a listed 'religious monument' at 24km. 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 Chaon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chaon
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 Chaon.
Note that all distances from Chaon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chaon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chaon (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 Loir-et-Cher 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 Chaon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc Floral de la Source (32km) : Arboretum des grandes bruyères (43km) : Les prés-Culand (43km) : Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Benoît sur Loire (Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey) (24km) : St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (11km) : Aubigny-sur-Nere (24km) : Saint-Cyr-en-Val (29km) : Olivet (35km) : Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (40km) : Fleury-les-Aubrais (40km) : Briare (42km) : Quiers-sur-Bezonde (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orleans (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Beaugency (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Chaon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chaon
Canton: Lamotte-Beuvron
Arrondissement: Romorantin-Lanthenay
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 41600
Distance to Chaon
from Blois: 63 km
from Paris: 139 km
from Calais: 372 km
from Nice: 588 km
from Bordeaux: 374 km
from Strasbourg: 428 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chaon): Souvigny-en-Sologne.
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 Chaon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chaon