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Visit Charge: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Charge is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 26 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Charge is 186 km from Paris and 396 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau d'Amboise at 4 km from Charge
Popular places to visit near Charge: these include Chateau d'Amboise at 4 km and Chateau de Chenonceau at 12 km.
Amboise is a listed 'town of art and history' at 3km and Parc et jardins du château de Valmer is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Charge, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Charge
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 Charge.
Note that all distances from Charge shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Charge holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Charge (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 Charge and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (12km) : Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (12km) : Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (13km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (26km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (28km) : Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (29km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (29km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (33km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (40km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (46km) :
- National Monuments: Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (24km) : Cloisters of la Psalette (26km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (46km) : Talcy Chateau (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montresor (34km) : Lavardin (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (27km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Amboise (3km) : Tours (26km) : Blois (28km) : Loches (36km) : Vendome (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Charge & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chargé
Canton: Amboise
Arrondissement: Tours
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37530
Distance to Charge
from Tours: 26 km
from Paris: 186 km
from Calais: 396 km
from Nice: 638 km
from Bordeaux: 314 km
from Strasbourg: 516 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 Charge): Amboise, Cangey, Chateau d'Amboise, Limeray, Mosnes, Nazelles-Negron, Poce-sur-Cisse, Saint-Ouen-les-Vignes, Saint-Regle and Souvigny-de-Touraine.
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 Charge from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Charge