Chateau de Saumur travel guide
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Visit Chateau de Saumur: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chateau de Saumur is situated in the Maine-et-Loire department (Pays de la Loire region) in the western-centre of France at 42 km from Angers, the department capital. (General information: Chateau de Saumur is 254 km from Paris and 434 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Chateau de Saumur
Popular places to visit near Chateau de Saumur: these include Saumur at 1 km and Montsoreau at 12 km.
Loire-Anjou-Touraine is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 11km and Montsoreau is a listed 'most beautiful village' 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 Chateau de Saumur, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chateau de Saumur
See France This Way travel guides for Maine-et-Loire and Pays de la Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chateau de Saumur.
Note that all distances from Chateau de Saumur shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chateau de Saumur holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chateau de Saumur (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 Pays de la Loire and Maine-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 Chateau de Saumur and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Lathan (31km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau (37km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (42km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (46km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (47km) :
- National Monuments: Fontevraud Abbey (13km) : Oiron Chateau (34km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (41km) : Chateau d'Angers (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montsoreau (12km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (13km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (13km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (13km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (15km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (42km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (42km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Aubigne-sur-Layon (29km) : Thouars (32km) : Angers (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (25km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (15km) : Loudun (30km) : La Fleche (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Chateau de Saumur & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Château de Saumur
Canton: na
Arrondissement: na
Department: Maine-et-Loire
Region: Pays de la Loire
Postcode: na
Distance to Chateau de Saumur
from Angers: 42 km
from Paris: 254 km
from Calais: 434 km
from Nice: 696 km
from Bordeaux: 272 km
from Strasbourg: 602 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chateau de Saumur): Chace, Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault, Distre, Rou-Marson, Saumur, Souzay-Champigny, Varrains and Villebernier.
Getting here
Maine-et-Loire is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors arrive in a car from one of the ferry terminals - Saint Malo and Caen are most practical, allow around 3-4 hours for the journey. For driving distances to Chateau de Saumur from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chateau de Saumur