Chateau-du-Loir travel guide
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Visit Chateau-du-Loir: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chateau-du-Loir is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 36 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Chateau-du-Loir is 193 km from Paris and 376 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau du Lude at 20 km from Chateau-du-Loir
Popular places to visit near Chateau-du-Loir: these include Chateau du Lude at 20 km and Lavardin at 35 km.
Jardins du château de Poncé is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 19km and Parc et jardins du château du Lude is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 20km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Chateau-du-Loir: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chateau-du-Loir, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chateau-du-Loir
See France This Way travel guides for and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chateau-du-Loir.
Note that all distances from Chateau-du-Loir shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chateau-du-Loir holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chateau-du-Loir (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 Sarthe 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-du-Loir and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Poncé (19km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (20km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (20km) : Parc de Lathan (31km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (39km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (39km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (39km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (39km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (40km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (44km) :
- National Monuments: Cloisters of la Psalette (39km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (37km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cogners (26km) : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (38km) : Coulaines (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (38km) : Tours (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Chateau-du-Loir & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Château-du-Loir
Canton: Château-du-Loir
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72500
Distance to Chateau-du-Loir
from Le Mans: 36 km
from Paris: 193 km
from Calais: 376 km
from Nice: 692 km
from Bordeaux: 327 km
from Strasbourg: 553 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-du-Loir): Dissay-sous-Courcillon, Flee, La Bruere-sur-Loir, Luceau, Montabon, Nogent-sur-Loir, Saint-Pierre-de-Cheville and Vouvray-sur-Loir.
Getting here
Sarthe is in the north-west of France. Most visitors get here by car having taken a ferry, probably to Saint-Malo or Caen, and then a drive of around 2 - 3 hours. For driving distances to Chateau-du-Loir from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chateau-du-Loir