Chateau de Blois travel guide
Visit Chateau de Blois: Highlights and Tourist Information
IMPORTANT: this is a summary of local highlights. For detailed visitor information see Chateau de Blois travel guide
Location: Chateau de Blois is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 1 km from Blois, the department capital. (General information: Chateau de Blois is 160 km from Paris and 376 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Chateau de Blois: these include Blois at 0 km and Chateau de Cheverny at 14 km. Blois is a listed town of art and history at 0 km and Blois is a listed secteur sauvegarde at 1 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 Chateau de Blois, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chateau de Blois
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 Chateau de Blois.
Note that all distances from Chateau de Blois shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chateau de Blois 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 Chateau de Blois
- Blois: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (1km)
- Saint-Gervais-la-Foret: market every Friday (4km)
- Chailles: market every Saturday (5km)
- Saint-Claude-de-Diray: market every Tuesday & Friday (7km)
- Cellettes: market every Thursday (8km)
- Chambon-sur-Cisse: market every Saturday (9km)
- Huisseau-sur-Cosson: market every Wednesday (9km)
- Les Montils: market every Saturday (10km)
- Montlivault: market every Tuesday (11km)
- Cormeray: market every Tuesday (12km)
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 Chateau de Blois and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Chateau de Blois map below.
Aquarium Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (38km)
Most Beautiful Village Lavardin (38km)
National Monument Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (15km); Talcy Chateau (22km)
Recommended Detour Beaugency (31km)
Remarkable Garden Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (1km); Parc du château de Beauregard (7km); Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (16km); Jardin du château de Talcy (22km); Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (33km); Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (35km); Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (37km); Les prés-Culand (39km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Blois (1km); Amboise (32km)
Town Of Art And History Blois (0km); Vendome (31km); Amboise (32km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Blois (1km); Vendome (31km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Réserve de Beaumarchais (26km); ZooParc de Beauval (38km)
Map of places to visit near Chateau de Blois & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Château de Blois
Canton: na
Arrondissement: na
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: na
Distance to Chateau de Blois
from Blois (local prefecture): 1 km
from Paris: 160 km
from Calais: 376 km
from Nice: 632 km
from Bordeaux: 339 km
from Strasbourg: 489 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chateau de Blois): Blois, Chailles, Fosse, La Chaussee-Saint-Victor, Menars, Saint-Denis-sur-Loire, Saint-Gervais-la-Foret, Villebarou and Vineuil.
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 Chateau de Blois from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chateau de Blois