Chateau de Chambord travel guide
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Visit Chateau de Chambord: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chateau de 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: Chateau de Chambord is 151 km from Paris and 372 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Chateau de Chambord
Popular places to visit near Chateau de Chambord: these include Chateau de Cheverny at 13 km and Chateau de Blois at 14 km.
Parc du château de Beauregard is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km and Blois is a listed 'town of art and history' at 14km. 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 Chateau de Chambord, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chateau de ChambordSee 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 Chambord.
Note that all distances from Chateau de Chambord shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chateau de Chambord holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chateau de Chambord (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 Chateau de Chambord and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': 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) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (45km) : Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (46km) :
- National Monuments: Talcy Chateau (18km) : Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (22km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Olivet (40km) : Saint-Cyr-en-Val (42km) : Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (43km) : Fleury-les-Aubrais (47km) : Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Blois (14km) : Vendome (40km) : Orleans (44km) : Amboise (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Beaugency (20km) :
Map of places to visit near Chateau de Chambord & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Château de Chambord
Canton: na
Arrondissement: na
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: na
Distance to Chateau de Chambord
from Blois: 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!
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 Chateau de Chambord): Chambord, Huisseau-sur-Cosson, Maslives, Mont-Pres-Chambord, Montlivault, Saint-Dye-sur-Loire 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 Chateau de Chambord from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chateau de Chambord
